Adolescent health

Adolescent - youth from 10 to 19 years old - is usually considered a healthy group. However, many adolescents die prematurely due to accidents, suicide, violence, pregnancy related complications, and other preventable or treatable diseases. More people have chronic diseases and disorders. In addition, many serious diseases in adulthood come from adolescence. For example, use of tobacco, sexually transmitted diseases including HIV, poor diet, exercise habits, etc. lead to illness in the later years and premature death

In the main report, the WHO summarized evidence-based puberty health interventions and provided guidance on prioritization and planning. In addition, 75 case studies from countries applying the referral program show the results of efforts to improve adolescent health and well-being.

Young people tend to be overlooked by health and social policy and face many obstacles in accessing health services and information. The Lancet Adolescent Health Welfare Committee is a broader concept of adolescent health including HIV, infectious diseases, nutritional deficiencies, injuries and violence, non-communicable diseases and their risk factors including sex and reproductive health, and psychology We recommend you to adjust. It is healthy. And drug abuse. To deal with these problems, health and social services are often required to better meet the health needs of young people, depending on age, adolescent ability, sex / gender identity, and adolescent growth and development background It is necessary to improve. Because adolescent health is often determined by factors beyond the health sector, such as education, employment, household income, social network, strategy should be based on multi-sectoral behavior.

Protecting the health of young people is an important priority for public health. Increasing investment in reproductive health at puberty can increase the overall status of women and reduce family poverty. Puberty health must be contextualized in terms of reproductive health and public health. Until the Mexico City International Population Council in 1984, the government of Latin America as a whole did not recognize that the early pregnancy was a problem.

As in many parts of the world in Africa, adolescent reproductive health is a controversial issue for policy makers and program planners. Young people are particularly vulnerable to many other issues such as HIV, AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases, unwanted pregnancies, dangerous abortions, sexual abuse, female genital excision, dangerous circumcision. However, in many countries there is no need for adolescent health policy, there are more needs to make adolescent young people receive appropriate sexual and reproductive health services.