Young Men and Unintended Pregnancy

Staff from Queen’s University Belfast’s School of Nursing and Midwifery are pleased to announce the development of an educational resource about unintended pregnancy aimed at teenage men.  The resource (titled 'If I Were Jack...') is based upon an interactive video drama which tells the story of an unintended teenage pregnancy from the point of view of a young man.  The ‘If I Were Jack’ team, led by Dr Maria Lohan of QUB, is in the process of developing the resource, and it will be available in Summer 2013.  It will be suitable for use within the Relationship and Sexuality Education (RSE) curricula of post-primary schools in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.  However, it also has potential for use internationally and outside of classroom settings.  This is a theory-based educational resource which draws upon international best practice.  It is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council UK, the HSE Crisis Pregnancy Programme (Republic of Ireland) and the Public Health Agency (Northern Ireland).  More information is available on the ‘If I Were Jack’ website at: www.qub.ac.uk/IfIWereJack or by contacting Áine Aventin, Research Fellow, at Tel: 028 9097 2463  / Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.