Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Adolescents health risks and solutions
- MAIN HEALTH ISSUES
- Early pregnancy and
childbirth
- 15-19 years
old
- adolescents pregnancies
- Global
problem
- HIV
- +2 million adolescents are living with HIV
- Deaths among adolescents are
rising
- Other infectious
diseases
- Diarrhoea and lower respiratory
tract
- Top 5 causes of
death
- 10-19 years
old
- Mental health
- Depression: cause illness and disabilities
- suicide: cause of death in older
adolescents
- 15-19 years
old
- BOTH ARE THE THIRD LEADING
CAUSE
- :Problems: violence, poverty,
humiliation and feeling devalued
- Violence
- Leading cause of
death
- older adolescents
males
- Alcohol and
drugs
- Harmful
driking
- Reduce self-control and
increase risky behaviours
- Unsafe sex and
dangerous driving
- Major concern in many
countries
- Injuries
- unintentional injuries
- death and disability
among adolescents
- Malnutrition and obesity
- Developing countries enter adolescence undernourished
- Vulnerable to disease and early death
- Excersise and
nutrition
- iron deficiency anaemia
- Iron and folic acid supplements are a
solution
- Tobacco use
- Tobacco is used mostly by adolescents
- Prohibiting the sale
of tobacco product to
minors
- increasing the price of
tobacco through
- Taxes
- banning tobacco advertising
- ensuring smoke-free
environments are crucial