Care of At-Risk / High-Risk / Sick Adolescent

CARE OF AT-RISK / HIGH-RISK / SICK ADOLESCENT

· Adolescent Health. The range of approaches to preventing, detecting or treating teen's health and well-being.

· Young people's health is often complex and requires a comprehensive, biopsychosocial approach.

· WHO describes the leading health-related problems in the age group ten to nineteen years to include: I. Adolescent Pregnancy and Childbirth

II. Sexually Transmitted Infections

III. Injury

IV. Suicide

V. Substance Abuse

VI. Anorexia Nervosa

VII. Obesity

VIII. Bone Tumors

IX. Amenorrhea

X. Dysmenorrhea

I. ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY / TEENAGE PREGNANCY

· A pregnancy in a female under twenty years old.

· Pregnancy can occur with sexual intercourse after the start of ovulation, which can be before the menarche, but usually occurs after the onset of periods.

· In well-nourished females, the first period usually takes place around the age of twelve or thirteen.

Effects

Adolescent

· Being a young mother in a first world country can affect one's education

· Young motherhood in an industrialized country can affect employment and social class.

· Teenage women who are pregnant or mothers are seven times more likely to commit suicide than other adolescents.

· Often, these pregnancies are hidden for months resulting in a lack of adequate prenatal care and dangerous outcomes for the babies.

Child

· Early motherhood can affect the psychosocial development of the infant.

· More likely to be born prematurely with low birth weight, predisposing them to many other lifelong conditions.

· Children are at higher risk of intellectual, language, and socio-emotional delays.

· Developmental disabilities and behavioral issues are increased in children born to teen mothers.