The World Health Organization has described the term adolescent health. Let’s look at what adolescent health is and why it is important to take care of it. Puberty is the period between adolescence and adulthood between the ages of 10 and 19. This is a new stage in the human turn of events and an important time to lay the groundwork for good well-being.
Adolescents experience rapid physical, mental and psychosocial development. It affects how you feel, think, make decisions, and interface with normal surroundings. Despite a solid phase of life, adolescence is a great deal of passing, illness, and injury. Some of it is preventable or treatable. During this phase, youth present examples of conduct. For example, dieting, engaging in actual work, substance abuse, and sexual activities. That can protect their well-being and the strength of others around them.
To develop and promote healthy, youth need data, including age-appropriate holistic sexuality schooling. The Possibility of fostering abilities welfare administration that is adequate, fair, and powerful. So that the youth is protected and have strong mental stability. Likewise, they need valuable opportunities to participate in the transfer of planning. To improve and maintain their welfare, this is necessary. It is important to expand such open doors to respond to the special needs and privileges of young people.
Impacts of Adolescent Health on children
- There are more young people in the world than on any other planet. 1.2 billion, which is one-sixth of the world’s population. This number is going to increase by 2050. Particularly in low- and center-wage countries about 90% of children aged 10 to 19.
- An estimated 1.1 million teens get kicked in the bucket each year. The main sources are road traffic wounds, self-destruction, and relational savagery. Many teens similarly experience illness and injury. The causes of mortality and morbidity among Young are observed by gender and age.
- Water, cleaning, and disinfection are the main threats to the well-being of children. Gambling for 15-19-year-olds is often associated with behavioral patterns. For example, alcohol uses risky sex etc. Our NGO visits schools and camps at different locations to aware the children. Terrible eating routines and less active work bring more difficulties to children. We provide nutritious food in slums to meet their daily requirements of nutrition. We support the initiative of the World Health Organization by supporting children.
Why Is Adolescent and Young Adult Health Important?
An estimated 1.2 million adolescents die every year – mostly from preventable causes.
Indian population contributes 21% of the population concerning adolescent children. As we all have seen the untidiness of slums leads to disease generation. Many children die due to insufficient hunger and untreated diseases. Nowadays children at a very young age get diseases due to unhealthy eating choices. Today’s era prefers fast food rather than homemade which leads to health issues. We distribute free homemade cooked food to the families living in slums.
Children nowadays not only prefer to eat unhealthily, but they consume alcoholic drinks. This unhealthy food practice leads to an inactive lifestyle. And this also leads to many problems like excessive weight gain, PCOD (females), Thyroid, High B.P., etc. . We encourage children for eating healthy food with zero wastage. Many homeless people sleep hungry every night in India. The parents are unable to feed their children, which affects the adolescent health.
The onset of adolescence brings with it more dangers for teenage girls. Destitute and biased social and orientation standards can limit young women’s life decisions. And reject them with educative, social, and monetary open doors. Every year, an estimated 23 million teenage young women become pregnant. Maternal mortality – as a rule, linked to child marriage – is the main source of death for young women aged 15-19. Female genital mutilation can also cause dangerous unforeseen problems.
A Giggles Welfare Organization not only helps adolescent people in their critical stage by regular counselling in slums and proper guidance of our voluntary team. Along with this, we provide free transportation facilities to disabled persons. We treat them free of cost and help in do their day-to-day activities easily. A person with a disability faces many problems and we help them in learning ways to do daily activities.
Case study of a child suffering from Cerebral Palsy
Cerebral meaning is related to the brain. Palsy refers to loss or problems with the use of muscles. CP is created by abnormal mental health or damage. To the creative mind that affects a person’s ability to control their muscles. According to the World Health Organization, 25 lakhs people in India suffer from this.
The side effects of CP transfer from person to person. A person with severe CP may have to use gear unique to the option of walking. Or may not have the option of walking at all and may require intensive care. A person with mild muscles can, again, walk a little more, yet won’t need any special assistance. CP does not get worse in the long run, although specific side effects can change over a person’s lifetime. People suffering from this disease usually face problems with movement and posture.
Types of Cerebral palsy:-
Stiff muscles (spasticity)
Uncontrollable movements (dyskinesia)
Poor balance and coordination (ataxia)
Spastic Cerebral Palsy
The most widely recognized type of CP is spastic CP. Spastic CP affects about 80% of individuals with CP. Individuals with spastic CP have expanded muscle tone. This means that their muscles are firm and, their development may be abnormal.
Dyskinetic Cerebral Palsy
Individuals with dyskinetic CP have problems controlling the development of the arms, hands, legs, and feet. Dyskinetic CP makes sitting and walking challenging. Events are wild and can be slow and agile or fast and jerky. Sometimes the face and tongue OF the person have trouble swallowing and talking.
Ataxic Cerebral Palsy
Individuals with ataxia CP dislike balance and coordination. They can be erratic when walking. They struggle with rapid growth or development that requires a ton of control. Patients may face difficulty in controlling their hands or arms when they go after something.
AGWO came in contact with a family at the rehabilitation center. The child was mentally challenged and behaves like a kid his age. He was suffering from cerebral palsy. This condition hits the human body in their childhood. We treated the kid and counsel him and make him learn to do things on his own. His family was thankful to us and blessed us.
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