Lecture guide

1. DPH121 HEALTH PROBLEMS OF
ADOLESCENTS, ADULTS & THE
HANDICAPPED
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TOPIC: INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH SYSTEM
MANAGEMENT
PRESENTER:
DR ALIYU MUHAMMAD MAIGORO
MBBS(BUK), MPH(Malaya), MBA(BUK), FWACP
CONSULTANT PUBLIC HEALTH PHYSICIAN
REDESIGNED BY
MUHAMMAD KABIR DANJUMA

2. CLIMATE SETTING
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• INTRODUCTION
• HEALTH PROBLEMS OF ADOLESCENTS
• HEALTH PROBLEMS OF ADULTS
(ELDERLY)
• HEALTH PROBLEMS OF THE
HANDICAPPED

3. COURSE OBJECTIVES
AIM
 To acquaint Student at problems relating
to the special groups in term of social,
material, health needs as well as
protection of the traditional values of
family responsibilities to the aged, the
role of the individual , family, local
government, state government and the
NGOs in the circumstances

4. OBJECTIVES
 To provide the students with skills in
understanding and managing health problems
of the Adolescents
 To acquaints students with necessary skills in
assisting the adolescents to cope with life in
modern times through resiliency and friendly
public Health Services
 To expose the students to the different type of
handicaps and to the methods used in
rehabilitating the handicapped and of caring
for the aged

5. HEALTH PROBLEMS OF
ADOLESCENTS
OUTLINE:
1. Introduction: Definitions & Concepts
2. Rationale for Focusing on Adolescents
3. Adolescent Developmental Processes
4. Resilience Theory & The Adolescent
5. Nigerian Situation
6. “Priority” Health Challenges of Adolescents
7. Key Health Problems
8. Public Health Interventions for Improving
Adolescent Health
9. Adolescent & Youth Friendly Services
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6. Introduction: Definitions &
Concepts
Adolescence… A Transition Phase
Adolescence is a stage where:
 Young people develop their adult identity
 ™
Move toward physical and psychological maturity, and
 Become (relatively) economically independent
- WHO
 Adolescence is increasingly recognized as a life period
that poses specific challenges for treating disease and
promoting health

7. INTRODUCTION…….
 Adolescence is derived from the Latin
word “adolescere” meaning to grow
or mature
 It is a period of transition from
childhood to adulthood
 A time of rapid physical and
psychological (cognitive and
emotional) growth

8. INTRODUCTION…….
 A time in which new capacities are
developed
 A time of changing social relationships,
expectations, roles and responsibilities

9. Defining Adolescents & Other
Young People (Chronological)
 Adolescence : 10 – 19
years
 Early Adolescence : 10 – 13
years
 Middle Adolescence : 14 – 16
years
 Late Adolescence : 17 – 19
years

10. Introduction……
 Early adolescence:
Spurt of growth of secondary sex
 Middle adolescence: Separate identity from
parents, new relationship to peer groups, with
opposite sex and desire for experimentation
 Late adolescence:
Distinct identity, well formed opinion and ideas

11. INTRODUCTION…….
 Adolescents are a very diverse group
 A boy of 12 is very different from a young man
of 19
 A boy of 12 is also very different - physically
but also psychologically from a girl of the same
age
 Two boys of 12 who are growing up in very
similar conditions may develop in very different
ways
 All these categories of adolescents have
different needs

12. Demographics of Adolescents
How many adolescents are there?
 1.2 billion people b/w ages of 10 to 19 – the
largest population of adolescents ever in history
 Four out of every five adolescents live in the
developing world
 Half of the population in Sub-Saharan Africa is
under the age of 15, & less than 5% is over 60:
about 60% of population is made up of children
& young people

13. Rationale for Focusing on
Adolescent Health
Why Focus on Adolescent Health &
Development Issues?
 Demographic rationale:
– Adolescents constitute about 20% of global
population
 Health rationale:
– Adolescent Reproductive Health status has
significant implications for human reproduction
and health development
– Feasibility of “simple” and cost-effective
Interventions
– Prevention of later health problems

14. Why Focus on Adolescent
Health &
Development Issues? (contd.)
 Human rights rationale: rights to
– Information & skills development
– Safe and supportive environment
– Health services
– Development opportunities
 Economic rationale:
– Averting future health costs
– Cost-effective interventions
– Potentials of healthy adolescents to contribute
to national economy

15. ADOLESCENT NEEDS
 Information & skills
(they are still developing)
 Safe & supportive environment
(they live in an adult world)
 Health & counselling services
(they need a safety net)

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