Teenage Pregnancy Research Report - 3p Consulting

Can you tell us about your knowledge, choices and issues both before and now that you are a young mum regarding contraception and sexual relationships? • Perceived knowledge of sex and relationships • Access to information-­‐web etc • Access to formal sex education • Emotional and physical readiness for sex • Is it love or just lust? • Is there an appropriate age to start having sex? • Gender differences and sexual double standards • Attitudes to having sex with many people • Sex as a matter of choice • Whose responsibility is it anyway?’ • STIs and Pregnancy • Service issues Now we would like to hear your thoughts about the local culture and attitudes around teenage pregnancy and your experiences: • ‘16 years old is too young to be a parent’. • Is there a sense of respect for those girls who had fallen pregnant • Why would it be difficult to talk to parents, boyfriend, friends or doctor or nurse? • What things might affect your decision • Is abortion an option? • What should be improved or done differently so teenage pregnancies (then bringing up the child) take place in good conditions with appropriate support?’ We know that many young people use facebook and other social media to share their stories and life events, for example putting photos on facebook just after the birth of their child, how do you feel about this? Have you got examples from your own experience as a mother or from your friendship group? What impact do you think this has on other young people? Do you use face book and other blogs or social media to share your parenting joys and challenges? Do you ever get comments on facebook etc that you feel makes judgments around your decision to be a young mother? What sorts of things contribute to how you feel about yourself?116