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Equality Impact Assessment Action Plan Protected Characteristic Issues identified Action to be taken Expected outcomes Owner Timescale Cost implications Age There would be no additional impacts on age. Teenage parents are a key group, who tend to have lower rates. To include access as part of the consultation process. Gain information on public’s views on the best ways of working with all age groups, particularly teenagers. Public Health Public Consultation July/August 2017. There will be a cost for the consultation process but this is standard procedure, results will be analysed by Public Health Health Visitors to identify teenage parents and provide support at the universal ante natal visit and subsequent visits. This will enable teenage parents to be identified earlier and will have more contact through the mandated checks to receive feeding advice. Health Visiting Service. Outcomes will be part of quality standards and monitored by performance management from January 1st 2017. Will be part of existing contract Data collection re: numbers of teenage parents up taking support and teenage mothers breastfeeding Because of universal provision, higher numbers of teenage parents would be accessing support. Monitoring of prevalence would show if this this is resulting in increased rates Health Visiting Service will need to put in place systems for collecting this data as it won’t be on eStart January 1st 2017
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