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This medical PowerPoint presentation talks about adolescent health. Adolescent health refers to the physical, emotional, and social well-being of young people between the ages of 10 and 19 years. This period is marked by significant physical, psychological, and social changes, which make adolescents particularly vulnerable to health risks.

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Introduction to adolescence & to adolescent health WHO Department of Child and Adolescent Health and Development Training Course in Sexual and Reproductive Health Research Geneva 2010
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Topics1. The meaning of adolescence2. The health problems that adolescents face3. What adolescents need to grow & develop in good health4. Who needs to meet the needs & fulfil the rights of adolescents 5. Why we should invest in the health & development of adolescents 6. Frameworks for addressing the health & development of adolescents
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1. What do we mean by the term 'adolescents ' ?
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The second decade:No longer children, not yet adults ! Adolescents 10 - 19 years Youth 15-24 years Young people 10-24 years Source: A picture of health? A review and annotated bibliography of the health of young people in developing countries (WHO, UNICEF, 1995).
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Adolescents are a diverse population group Different needs Changing needs
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What is special about adolescence ?(What makes it different from childhood & adulthood ?) A time of rapid physical and psychological (cognitive and emotional) growth and development. A time in which new capacities are developed. A time of changing social relationships, expectations, roles and responsibilities.
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2. What do we mean by the term 'health' ?
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“Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." Source: Constitution of the World Health Organization, 1948.
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3. What are the main health problems of adolescents ?
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Many adolescents move from childhood through adolescence into adulthood in good health.
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Key health problems in adolescence. Sexual & reproductive health Too early pregnancy risks to mother risks to baby Health problems during pregnancy & child birth (including unsafe abortion) Sexually Transmitted Infections including HIV Harmful traditional practices e.g. female genital mutilation Sexual coercion Source: United Nations. World Youth Report 2005. Young people today, and in 2015. United Nations. 2005. ISBN 92-1-130244-7. Other issues - Injuries from accidents & intentional violence - Mental health problems - Substance use problems - Endemic diseases: malaria, schistosomiasis, tuberculosis - Under/over-nutrition
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4. What do adolescents need to grow & develop in good health ?
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What adolescents need & why? 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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5. Who needs to contribute to meeting these needs & fulfilling these rights ?
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6. Why should we invest in the health and development of adolescents ?
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Demographic rationale Public health rationale Economic rationale Human rights rationale
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One in five individuals in the world today is an adolescent (around 1.2 billion). The largest number of adolescents in the history of mankind. Demographic rationale – 1/2
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Demographic rationale – 2/2
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There are around 2.6 million deaths among the 10-24 year age group worldwide every year. 97% occur in low and middle income countries. Public health rationale: mortality – 1/5
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A Picture of Health, WHO/UNICEF (1995) Public health rationale: mortality 2/5
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Source: UNAIDS/UNICEF, 2002 Public health rationale: morbidity – 3/5 Middle East & North Africa 160,000 31% 69% There are over 10 million young people (15-24) living with HIV/AIDS
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Public health rationale: behaviours – 4/5 Nearly two thirds of premature deaths and one third of the total disease burden in adults are associated with conditions or behaviours that began in youth. World Development Report 2007 Age of smoking initiation
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Public health rationale – 5/5sound reasons for investment for this generation
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1. The benefits of investing in adolescents 2. The cost of not investing in adolescents Economic rationale – 1/4
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Economic rationale – 2/4 The need to make full use of the demographic dividend when one can.
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Economic rationale – 3/4 The need to act before the demographic transition closes doors.
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Economic rationale - 4/4Socio-economic deprivation: a cause & consequence of adolescent pregnancy " We young women are not prepared to become mothers. I would like to continue my studies. But since I have had my daughter, my options have changed because I have many more obligations now." Eylin 19, Honduras January 2006. Source: World Development Report 2006 (World Bank, 2006.)
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Convention on the rights of the child Article 24: The right to the highest level of health possible & to access the required health services Article 17: The right to access appropriate information from the media & to be protected from harmful information Article 13: The right to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds Choices: A guide for young people Gill Gordon, 1999. Human rights rationale -1/2
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Human rights rationale – 2/2 For many adolescents the world is in fact 'flat': Greater access to education Greater access to information about the world Greater ability to make personal & professional choices For many other adolescents, the reality is very different
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6. Frameworks for addressing the health and development of adolescents
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First lens: Broadening opportunities for young people to develop skills and use them productively. Second lens: Helping them acquire the capabilities to make good decisions in pursuing those opportunities Third lens: Offering them second chances to recover from bad decisions, either by them or by others. World Bank framework: Youth transitions seen through three lenses Source: World Bank. World Development Report 2007. Development and the next generation. World Bank. Washington, USA. 2007.
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WHO: Delineating & strengthening the contribution of the health sector S Strengthening & supporting other sectors S Services & commodities S Strategic information S Supportive evidence-informed policies WHO. Strengthening the health sector response to adolescent health & development. WHO. Geneva. 2009.
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UNFPA framework for action on adolescents & youth Supportive policy making that applies the lens of population structure & poverty dynamics analyses Gender & life-skills based sexual & reproductive health education Sexual & reproductive health services Young people's leadership and participation Source: UNFPA framework for action on adolescents and youth. Opening doors with 4 keys. UNFPA. New York, USA. Undated.