…hed in the Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine in March 2015 http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.3109/14767058.2015.1015414 The research was funded by the HSE Sexual Health & Crisis Pregnancy Programme in 2012 and 2013. The study was led by Dr. Aoife McKeating, Research Fellow of the UCD Centre for Human Reproduction, Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital. For further information please contact Dr. McKeating at…

…port of the findings, that integrates the shared perspectives of the participant groups on the sexual health and sexuality education needs of young people in care. The reports are available at http://www.crisispregnancy.ie/research-policy/research-reports/list-of-research-reports/    The HSE Foundation Programme in Sexual Health Promotion is a ten-day Programme that offer professional development for a range of professional, including social…

…ctice in the field of crisis pregnancy counselling. In parallel it meets the requirements of the Sexual Health & Crisis Pregnancy Programme’s mandates and is guided by the requirements set down under the Regulation of Information (Services outside the State for Termination of Pregnancies) Act 1995 in relation to the provision of information in relation to abortion services.[1] The manual is not just directed towards women; it recognises…

…1 – 2012 are sourced from CSO Vital Statistics Annual Reports 2001 to 2012. No. of births to Teenagers (under 20) Year   Total number of teenage births Teenage birth rate per 1000 females population aged 15-19* 2001 3087 19.6 2002 2948 19.4 2003 2828 19.0 2004 2493 17.1 2005 2406 16.8 2006 2335 16.4 2007 2505 17.8 2008 2402 17.4 2009 2249 16.3 2010 2043 15.3 2011 1690 12.4 2012 1616 12.3 2013 1381 10.4 2014 1253 9.3 2015 1187 8.7 * The rates…