Adolescent health problems

1. THE PROBLEMSOF ADOLESCENT HEALTHAND DEVELOPMENT

2.  Health – various definitions which cannot be
overemphasized
 Development
-changing
-larger/stronger
-more impressive
-successful
-advanced
-somebody or something to change in this way

3.  AN ADOLESCENTS HEALTH IS HIS/HER CHOICE &
RESPONSIBILITY
 ADOLESCENTS NEED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, &
OPPORTUNITIES FORTHESE CHOICESTO BE MADE
 THE LARGER SOCIETY INFLUENCESTHESE NEEDS-
POLITICALLY, ECONOMICALLY & CULTURALLY

5. ADOLESCENT
BRAIN

6.  Attitudes & Norms of Society
 Drug, Habits and Lifestyle
 Opposite Gender Prejudices (Inequalities)
 Legislation and Policies
 Economy (Poverty)
 Specific Gender Issues (Boys vs. Girls)
 Community & Family Practices
 Entertainment & Mass Media
 Near Relationships (Family/Friends/Adults)
 Tendencies (Behavioural Issues)

7. Biomedical Illness (past Hx, ongoing, occult)
Risk taking Behaviour (peer pressured, etc)
Adolescent Reproductive Health Problems
Id (Mental Health- id being a Freudian term 4 the human psyche)
Nutritional Problems (>need vs. <supply)

8. Attitudes & Norms of the society which
discourage healthy development are:
 Early Marriage
 FemaleGenital Mutilation
 Concept of Females at home , Males in school

9. Drug habits & lifestyle favouring adverse health:
 Tobacco andAlcohol Consumption
 Sexual activity – early and unprotected
 Eating habits and physical activity level
 Dangerous driving and foolish dares

10. Opposite Gender Prejudices - inequalities
 Gender Stereotyping or Conditioning
-Girls for Household roles
-Boys for Public roles of Office & Politics
 Gender Biases – son preference in some cultures
and vice versa.
 Preferred Gender cared for more positively

11. Legislation and Policies which don’t favour AHD
 No access to contraceptive services
 No enforcement of safety while driving
 No restriction of tobacco selling and use
 Health education not ensured in schools

12. Economics of community, family or individual
 Poverty denies them food, shelter & clothes
 Education, Healthcare, Employment Opportunities
 Unsafe, unstable low skilled jobs 4 drop-outs
 The concept of “WHO DOYOU KNOW?” & placement
 Poverty encourages Commercialization of Sex
 Perpetuates theTriangle completed by I & D

13. Specific Gender issues
 Physical violence
 Sexual harassment
 Economically-coerced sex
 Abuse at work place
 Forced prostitution
 Increased need for iron (extra 15%)
 Subordinate roles discourage demands 4 safe sex
 Injuries, Sexual experiments, Accidents &Violence

14. Community & Family practices
 Motivations and Employment aspirations
 Parents usually taken as Role models
 Help Seeking Behaviour for Healthcare
 Masking of Pain in some Cultures is fasionable

15. Entertainment and the Mass media
 Inaccurate information on Health
 Not mobilizing community support
 No Positive Role models & Achievements
 Not addressing policies of Negative Impact
 Adoption of western entertainment which plays down
on moral issues and makes violence glamorous.

16. Near Relations as with Family, Friends & Adults
-Negative relations fostering Loneliness
encourage:
 Early initiation of sex
 Likely use of drugs and alcohol
 Likelihood to experience Depression

17. Tendencies and behavioural issues
 Fashions of behaving
 Dressing
 Leisure preferences
 Political affiliations
 Provocative/Rebellious/Confrontational

18. Biomedical illness –
 From Childhood
 Acquired Recently
 Manifesting in Adolescence
 Resulting from Growth & Development

19. Risk taking Behaviour causing
 Unintended Injuries
 Intended Injuries
 STIs, HIV/AIDS
 SubstanceAbuse
 YRBSS used by CDC – 6 Priority issuesT-DAVIS.Acquired data used for DCSSD

20. Adolescent Reproductive Health Issues
 Teenage Pregnancy related problems
 Abortion related problems
 Menstrual problems
 ReproductiveTract Infections

21. Id (Mental Health Problems)
 Substance Abuse
 Violence
 Depression and Suicide
 Learning Disorders
 Others

22. Nutritional problems , usually from need/supply mismatch
 Malnutrition/Under-nutrition
 Over-nutrition/Obesity
 Micronutrient Deficiencies Consider Calcium, Iron & Iodine
 Eating disorders

23. ADH problems therefore have been established to be :
 Multifactorial
 Relatively Common Roots
 Closely Connected

24.  HEALTH
 EDUCATION
 WELFARE
 LABOR
 SPORTS
 OTHERS e.g. Agriculture,Spiritual

25. AFHS