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Teen health. What happened to that sweet child. Major changes in the brain and body of teens that equip them for the passage to adulthood Beginning to handle complex information and make decisions Starting to handle more complex emotions and to control behavior
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What happened to that sweet child • Major changes in the brain and body of teens that equip them for the passage to adulthood • Beginning to handle complex information and make decisions • Starting to handle more complex emotions and to control behavior • Risk takers as they understand their place in the world • Impulse control is not mature • Strive for independence • Judgment is still mostly primordial and reactive • Change from family to peer group as major source of socialization • Emotional maturity is still forming
sleep • 45% of adolescents are sleep deprived <9 hours • Onset of puberty is coincident with a shift in circadian rhythm and results in a time delay for sleep • Strong affects of hormones on these rhythms • Starts in girls around 8 and boys around 10, but peaks in puberty • There is decreased sleep pressure and a lengthening of the circadian cycle
Affects of sleep deprivation • Heightened/exaggerated worry • Increased susceptibility to anxiety • Linked to depression and suicidal ideation • Poor school performance • Increases weight • Increased incidence of driving accidents • Sleep disorders
Sexual behavior • 50% report sexual activity: 16% with >one partner • Many unprotected • Increased use of condoms since 2002 • Up to 70-80% of males at first encounter • Non-hormonal BC is also on the rise with 8% of girls • Overall 75% females and 85% males are employing some form of protection • Sexting is a modern invention • 13% of HS kids receive sexts; boys>girls • 10% have sent them • Linked to depressive behaviors • Linked to non-heterosexual orientation • Hook-ups also a modern form of sex
Drugs and alcohol • 75% of teens drink or have tried drinking • 50% had someone else get it for them • 25% had >5 drinks • 25% drank before sex • 28% rode in a car with driver who had been drinking • 10% had driven after drinking • 36% have used marijuana • 5-10% other drugs
depression 1 1. The Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics
The teen brain • Major growth • Particularly in the frontal cortex • Higher function/reasoning-CEO • setting priorities, organizing plans and ideas, forming strategies, controlling impulses, and allocating attention • Socialization • Significant growth in neurons in pre-adolescence with a use-it or lose-it maturation process thereafter • Increase in dopamine receptors • Mechanism for mature judgment and impulse control • Reward system, this is where the behavior-reward system matures • Increase in neuronal connections • Allows for parallel parts of the brain to communicate for enhanced and more intricate learning and ability to handle more difficult information and emotions
Everything is in process • Most areas are not mature until the late 20s • Response to stimuli is not based in judgment but is more based in fear (impulsive) • Ability to determine outcomes both emotional and rational are very difficult • Actions such as pregnancy are not projected into the future
Support the change • Brain is well suited to handle the changes of adolescence • Since the link between positive experiences and behaviors is so strong at this stage, adolescents can contribute to their own growth • What about parents/other adults/institutions • They need safe environments and guidance from adults • How can adolescents make mistakes and recover • Studies show that resilience is one of the key factors that predicts happiness and sucess • How do adults and institutions support the adolescent so that at the end they are well adjusted, competent, confident adults
Parent’s role is changing • Teens do not readily share with adults naturally • Need to provide modes for this to occur • Be non-judgmental • This is a time of heightened sensitivity about who they are, you will loose them if you are not open • Set expectations and discuss consequences • Support them is they fall short • Allow them to take chances and make mistakes • Lead by example they are watching
On-set of some diseases • Eating disorders • Sleep disorders • Autoimmune disease • Psychological disorders • Asthma • Sex related issues • Infections • 25% of STDs are in teens • Abnormal PAP smears • Teens are more likely to have abnormalities, are very vulnerable
Physician visit • State your concerns at the beginning of the visit and then leave • This is your child’s time to establish a bond and a safe place to share difficult issues • If they find their confidence has been broken they will not share • You can still be part of the process, and will be asked to consent for medical issues, ie vaccines, tests, etc.
Neisseria Meningitidis • Highest incidence of disease < 5 yr • Case-fatality rate is highest in adolescents ( 20%). • Increased risk among college freshman living in dormitories. • At least 75% of cases in 11- to 18-year-olds are caused by serogroups A, C, Y, and W-135 • 50% of cases in infants caused by serogroup B- no vaccine for serotype B
Neisseria Meningitidis-vaccines • Conjugated tetravalent vaccine (Menactra-MCV4) • Licensed by FDA 1.05 • Contains serogroups A, C, Y, and W-135 • Elicits strong T-cell dependent responses that induce memory
GARDASIL® (Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus [HPV Types 6, 11, 16, 18] Recombinant Vaccine) US HPV Infection Statistics • HPV is the most common STD in young sexually active individuals • In sexually active individuals 15–24 years of age, ~9.2 million are currently infected.3 • An estimated 74% of new HPV infections occur in this age group.3 • Lifetime risk for sexually active men and women is at least 50%.1 • By 50 years of age, at least 80% of women will have acquired genital HPV infection.1 1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Rockville, Md: CDC National Prevention Information Network; 2004. 2. Cates W Jr, and the American Social Health Association Panel. Sex Transm Dis. 1999;26(suppl):S2–S7. 3. Weinstock H, Berman S, Cates W Jr. Perspect Sex Reprod Health. 2004;36:6–10. 4. Burk RD, Ho GYF, Beardsley L, Lempa M, Peters M, Bierman R. J Infect Dis. 1996;174:679–689. 5. Bauer HM, Ting Y, Greer CE, et al. JAMA. 1991;265:472–477.
Estimated Annual Burden of HPV-Related Diagnoses in the United States 11,150 new cases of cervical cancer 3,507 new cases of vulvar cancer 2,516 new cases of anal cancer 1,070new cases of vaginal cancer 330,000 new cases of high-grade cervical dysplasia (CIN 2/3) 1 million new cases of genital warts 1.4 million new cases of low-grade cervical dysplasia (CIN 1)
GARDASIL: The First Cervical Cancer Vaccine in the United States • Quadrivalent human papillomavirus (HPV) 6/11/16/18 L1 virus-like particle (VLP) vaccine • Licensed by FDA in June 2006 • 2006 in Review In Peds ID “The most important new vaccine seems to be human papillomavirus…” • Bivalent 16/18-licensed in 2010
GARDASIL® [Human Papillomavirus Quadrivalent (Types 6, 11, 16, and 18) Vaccine, Recombinant] GARDASIL Placebo GARDASIL: Efficacy Against HPV 16–or 18–Related CINa 2/3 or AISb Total 120 112 100 93 98% Efficacy (94, 100) 98% Efficacy (92, 100) 80 60 Related Cases 40 100% Efficacy (87, 100) 29 20 2c 2c 0 0 HPV 16/18–Related HPV 16–Related HPV 18–Related n=8,493 n=8,464 n=7,402 n=7,205 n=7,382 n=7,316 aCIN = cervical intraepithelial neoplasia. bAIS = adenocarcinoma in situ. cOne case was a coinfection with HPV 52, the other was a coinfection with HPV 51 and 56.
GARDASIL® (Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus [HPV Types 6, 11, 16, 18] Recombinant Vaccine) Neutralizing Antibodies By Age at Enrollment1 Per-protocol immunogenicity population (ages 9–26)* Neutralizing anti-HPV 6 GMTs at Month 7 Ph III–P016, 018 Safety/Immunogenicity 9- to 15-year-old adolescents Immunogenicity Bridge Efficacy Program 1,600 1,500 1,300 1,100 Serum cLIA GMT with 95% CI, mMU/mL 900 700 500 Young Adult Females (aged 18–26) Adolescent Females (aged 9–17) 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Age at Enrollment (Years) *Inclusive of 5 study protocols; all GMTs measured using cLIA. 1. Data on file, MSD.