Adolescents are a transitional stage of physical and physiological development that occurs between puberty and legal adulthood.1 It is a period of multiple transitions involving education‚ training‚ employment and unemployment‚ as well as transition from one living circumstance to another.2 The behavioral patterns during these periods determine their health status and their risks for developing chronic diseases in adulthood.3 Adolescents are generally healthy but several important public health and
Premium Adolescence Developmental psychology Puberty
Suicide in Adolescents INTRODUCTION Suicide is intentional self-inflicted acts that end in death. Each year‚ an average of 30‚000 suicide deaths occur in the United States and it is estimated that 6‚000 of those suicides are committed by teenagers (CDC‚ 2002). Psychologists have identified the teenage years as one of the most difficult phases of human life. During this phase‚ new social roles are being learned‚ new relationships are being developed‚ bodily changes are occurring and decisions
Premium Suicide
Re: Young adults at risk of cardiovascular disease: research Regarding your editorial of February 3‚ 2010‚ the saying‚ “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure‚” could not fit more perfectly to portray the increased risk of cardiovascular disease‚ many Canadians face today. Not only has the number of Canadians at risk of cardiovascular and metabolic disease almost doubled‚ as rightfully stated in your article‚ but now a whole new generation has been deemed at risk. Middle-aged people
Premium Hypertension Medicine
Alcohol and Adolescents Alcohol has become the easiest drug to obtain for adolescents which has been leading to a life of alcoholism. Even though the legal age is twenty one‚ many teenagers are still finding ways to obtain alcohol. According to some reports kids as early as seven have tasted alcohol. Nearly three million young people between the ages of 14 and 17 “are regular drinkers with a serious alcohol problem” (Kittleson‚ 2005‚ 59). With statistics such as this no wonder younger children
Premium Adolescence Alcoholic beverage Alcoholism
Adolescence is the stage in which children transition into becoming adults and takes place between the ages of 10-18 in females and 12-20 in males. This is a time when the person undergoes many physical‚ emotional‚ and intellectual changes that are all regulated by various hormones that are in the body. Because of the development taking place in their bodies‚ proper nutritional intake in vital to successful growth and therefore many adolescents are vulnerable to developing nutrition related problems. In
Premium Adolescence Nutrition Dental caries
TDA 2.3 Communication and professional relationships with children‚ young people and adults Introduction This unit provides the knowledge that forms the basis of effective communication and professional relationships with children‚ young people and adults. Learners will find out how to adapt their communication to suit the age or developmental stage of the person they are interacting with. The unit also covers the legislation‚ policies and procedures concerned with confidentiality‚ data protection
Free Communication Writing Nonverbal communication
Complete Health History Assignment STUDENT NAME: Biographical Information • • • • • DOB: 10/06/1987 Gender: female Race: Caucasian Ethnicity: French Additional (Insurance information) Source and Reliability • • Where does the information come from What indicators of reliability are there Reason for Seeking Care • CC: headache History of Present Illness (HPI) • Throbbing for the past two hours‚ can feel pulse in temples‚ 4 on a scale of 1-10‚ started while in
Premium Family Allergy Asthma
Adolescent Years Adolescence is the of the most significant changes that occurs for a child when developed from a child into a adult. This can carry them through many changes physically‚ emotionally‚ socially. During puberty boys and girl change in size‚ developing breast‚ growing pubic hair‚ changes in body odor‚ and acne. The adolescence stage usually starts occurring in between the ages of 10 and 19 in which boys and girls hypothalamus and pituitary glands
Premium Adolescence Puberty
Concussion screening test are important in identifying head trauma amongst NFL athletes. The King Devick test is an accurate and credited screening tool for concussion. It has been used in 40 different peer reviewed articles and medical journals as an effective sideline screening test for concussion. The K-D test can be administered on the sidelines by coaches‚ parents (Leong et al.‚ 2014)‚ athletic trainers or other medical professionals to subjects as young as 5 year olds (Galetta et al.‚ 2014)
Premium Patient Traumatic brain injury Concussion
History of Health Insurance Medical cost has become very pricey and the United States did not always have health insurance. There are millions of people uninsured and its causing a heated debate in the United States. But does anyone know the history of health insurance and how it came about or even how has it become a big issue in the United States? The American life insurance system was established in the mid-1700s. But health insurance did not merge until 1850 when the Franklin Health
Premium Medicine Health care Health insurance