Community ProfileChapter 1- introductionThis profile adheres to the School of Health and Social Care guidelines set out by the Teesside University Code of Conduct on Privacy and Consent . The profile also adheres to NMC guidelines regarding consent and privacy, as a real person was not used; therefore, there was no need to obtain consent. The purpose of this community profile is to discuss a particular health improvement issue within a chosen community. A community can be defined using many different terms. You can belong to a community through religious beliefs. Through shared experiences or interests. You can belong to a political community where everyone involved shares the same political interests. A community can also be defined as "a family", a small village in which many people have lived most of their lives and share the same desire to belong to that community. As Hatwin and Percy-smith describe it, a community profile is "a comprehensive description of the needs of a population that defines itself, or defines itself, as a community, and the resources that exist within the community, carried out with the active participation of the community itself, with the aim of developing an action plan or other means of improving the quality of life of the community. (Hawtin and Percy-Smith, 2007, p. 10). A community profile is a useful and effective way to discover, develop and understand a specific geographic area. Community profiles help improve service delivery and develop new plans to reduce health inequities. The selected health improvement initiative that will be studied in this community profile involves reducing the number of teenage pregnancies...... middle of paper ... ...evolution of education programs and youth development in schools with community-based sexuality education programs, this would ultimately contribute to improving sexual health and family planning services. A program to help parents talk to their children about sex education was also considered high on the agenda. (http://www.teesvalleysport.co.uk/file.aspx?id=724) The services were implemented following concerns raised during the consultation event. Middlesbrough Council offers a teenage pregnancy unit where condoms are distributed, contraceptive advice is given, pregnancy tests and sexually transmitted infection tests can also be carried out here. This is a free service available Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Alongside this, a teenage pregnancy team offers support and advice to young mothers who find themselves pregnant and need additional support..