Most of the country’s 42 million youth, 1 between the ages of 10 and 19, are generally healthy. In recent years, the United States has seen declines in sexual risk behaviors, teenage childbearing, smoking, and the use of certain substances, as well as higher educational achievement for younger youth. Improve your health and growth during these years—and for some, serious challenges remain. It affects how they feel, think, make decisions, and interact with the world around them. Adolescent and Young Adult Health and Medicine From basic biological and behavioral sciences to public health and policy. Adolescent Health Journal
Adolescence is an important time to promote health and prevent disease. One that is sometimes overlooked We publish original manuscripts, brief reports, review articles, clinical case reports, letters to the editor, and articles in anthropology, education, ethics, global health, health services research, law, medicine, mental and behavioral health, nursing, Seeks comments from peers. Adolescent Health Journal v
Adolescent Health
Nutrition, psychology, public health and policy, social work, sociology, youth development, and other disciplines that work with or are committed to improving the health and well-being of adolescents and young adults. In addition, we seek poetry, personal narratives, photographs, and other creative works from youth, family and community members, and health professionals that add to our insights into the lived experiences of adolescents and young adults in ways that deepen that can enhance scientific peer review. Research. Although adolescence and young adulthood are generally healthy times of life, some significant health and social problems either begin or peak during these years. adolescent health issues. Adolescent Health Journal
Examples include
Mental disorders
Substance use
Smoking/Nicotine use
Nutrition and weight conditions
Sexually transmitted , including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
Adolescent and unintended pregnancy
homelessness
Academic problems and dropping out of school
Massacre
suicide
Motor vehicle collisions
Developmental Transition, Adolescents and Young Adults
Because they are in a developmental transition, adolescents and young adults (AYAs) are particularly sensitive to the effects of their social environment, while adolescents have a better opportunity to improve their health and well-being now than ever before. An estimated 1.2 million still die each year. Mostly for preventative reasons. Many people do not have access to the information, quality services and safe environments they need to stay healthy and well. More recently, there has been consensus on investing in adolescent health and development for the success of the post-2015 development agenda. In this series of articles, we aimed to evaluate the various interventions identified in our conceptual framework to evaluate their effectiveness in improving youth health. We took a systematic approach to consolidating the existing evidence. adolescent health service
National Alliance to Advance Adolescent Health
The program, National Alliance to Advance Adolescent Health, is fund through a cooperative agreement with the federal Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration. It aims to improve the transition from pediatric to adult healthcare through the use of evidence-based strategies for clinicians and other healthcare professionals. public health programs; Payers and Plans; Adolescents and young adults; and parents and caregivers. Despite being thought of as a healthy stage of life, significant death, disease, and injury occur during the teenage years. Most of it is curable or treatable. During this stage, adolescents establish patterns of behavior—for example, related to diet, physical activity, substance use, and sexual activity—that protect their health and the health of others around them. may, or may endanger their health. Future. adolescent health
Why Is Adolescent and Young Adult Health Important?
Adolescence is a time of dramatic change in a young person’s life—a critical stage of human development during which adolescents, teenagers, and young adults experience physical, intellectual, emotional, and social maturation. These remarkable changes create a special need for adolescent-focused health research and sensitive, appropriate health care. Adolescence is an important transitional period 9 , 10 that includes the biological changes of puberty and developmental tasks such as qualitative research and learning to be independent. 4, 11 Young adults who have reached adulthood also have a similar time. Those with few organizational support face significant social and economic challenges when they are expected to assume adult responsibilities and responsibilities. Adolescent Health Journal
Self-harm is a leading cause of death for adolescents between the ages of 15 and 19.
Mental health conditions also take a heavy toll. More than half of these conditions emerge during the second decade, with depression emerging as a leading cause of adolescent morbidity and disability. For 15- to 19-year-olds worldwide, self-harm is the top killer.
Moreover, about 70 percent of premature deaths are related to behaviors, such as smoking or drinking, that develop during adolescence. Most are linked to non-communicable diseases,
Mental health conditions also take a heavy toll. More than half of these conditions emerge during the second decade, with depression emerging as a leading cause of adolescent morbidity and disability. For 15- to 19-year-olds worldwide, self-harm is the top killer. Adolescent health journa