NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has launched a campaign urging parents to be more informative to their children from a young age about puberty, sexual health and relationships.
“Schools have failed so far in terms of educating young people on these issues and teenage pregnancies have gone through the roof,” said Jo Zinger, the health board’s senior health improvement officer. I don’t think it’s solely their fault and schools will still have a role to play, but this campaign is about helping parents to ensure they offer the right guidance to their children at the right time.”
Scotland has one of the highest teenage pregnancy rates in western Europe, at 7.1 pregnancies per 1,000 girls under the age of 16 in 2010.
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