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NAVIGATING THE CHALLENGES OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH: A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE FOR PARENTS AND PROFESSIONALS
Ambika K.* and Sandhya Rani G. N.
ABSTRACT
Adolescence is the time of progress from childhood to adulthood, a period when there are numerous significant social, traditional, financial and biological activities which fixed the platform for later life. Adolescents constitute nearly 22% of the population of India. Nutritional disorders like malnutrition and obesity, drug addiction, high risk sexual activities, tension, widespread emotional disorder and accidents comprising road traffic accidents, suicides and various forms of violence are major health problems among teenagers. Obesity, drug abuse and high-risk sexual activity are growing problem among teenagers. There is increased and underreported burden of sexually transmitted infections and infections of reproductive tract, unplanned pregnancies and in secure abortions. In this scenario, the spectrum of services targeted at young individuals were limited and knowledge on numerous teenage health concerns was inaccessible and attention seeking among youth was optimal for their overall health, reproductive and sexual health.
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