Assignment: Adolescent Health Risks

Assignment: Adolescent Health Risks

Assignment: Adolescent Health Risks

Week 7 Final Adolescent Health Risk Seminar Presentation Click the link above to post a copy of your final presentation to the discussion board to share with your classmates no later than Sunday, 11:59 p.m. (Pacific time). (You must also submit it to the assignment folder above for grading.) In the final presentation discussion board, review and comment on at least four presentations by the end of the course (for a total of 4 comments, minimum). You are encouraged to view and comment on as many peer projects as you can. Week 8 Global Health Risk Paper Choose a global health issue. For this assignment, you will introduce the health issue and discuss the interventions necessary to prevent the issue and promote health. Some topics to consider may include: Anthrax Bioterrorism Cholera Clostridium botulinum infection Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Ebola virus disease Escherichia coli Human immunodeficiency virus disease Malaria Plague Severe respiratory distress syndrome Small pox Suicide Tuberculosis Vancomycin-resistant enterococcus infection West Nile virus Include the following in your paper: Introduction/overview of the health issue and the prevalence in the United States and worldwide Contributing factors Prevention strategies Signs and symptoms Diagnostic tests (if applicable) Advanced practice nursing role and management strategies Medical/pharmacological management (if applicable) Follow-up care Conclusion Write a 3–4 page paper following APA format. You must include 2–3 scholarly sources in your citations and references. Review the rubric for further information on how your assignment will be graded. Due: Sunday, 11:59 p.m. (Pacific time) Points: 100

Some young people engage in risky behaviours that affect their health and therefore the majority of health problems are psychosocial. Many young people experience multiple problems. These behaviours are established as a young person and go on to become the lifestyles of adults leading to chronic health problems. Social, cultural and environmental factors are all important. Young people have specific health problems and developmental needs that differ from those of children or adults: The causes of ill-health in adolescents are mostly  rather than . Young people often engage in health risk behaviours that reflect the processes of : experimentation and exploration, including using  and , , and other risk taking that affect their physical and . Adolescent health also encompasses children’s and young people’s sexual and reproductive health (SRH).

The World Health Organisation describes the leading health-related problems in the age group 10 – 19 years to include:

• Early  and childbirth
• Other 
•  problems including  and 
•  and other drugs
•  both unintentional and 
•  / 
•  and 
•  and 
•  of adolescents

 often lack awareness of the harm associated with risk behaviours, and the skills to protect themselves as well as the lack knowledge about how and where to seek help for their health concerns . By intervening at this early life stage, many chronic conditions later in life can be prevented.