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Youth Health

Youth Health. By Brendon, Lauren, Mystie, Shaeleigh, and Jessica. Who are Young People?. ?. ?. ?. ?. ?. Picture from Microsoft power point. Take a stamp on health. For Australia’s Young People. Mental Illness. Employment issues. High risk behaviours. Accidents. Suicide. Addictions.

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Youth Health

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  1. Youth Health By Brendon, Lauren, Mystie, Shaeleigh, and Jessica

  2. Who are Young People? ? ? ? ? ? Picture from Microsoft power point

  3. Take a stamp on health For Australia’s Young People

  4. Mental Illness Employment issues High risk behaviours Accidents Suicide Addictions Homelessness Life Choices Eating disorders Poor performance in education Social interactions Photo from http://health.ninemsn.com.au/img/annie/suicide.jpg Family breakdown Misadventure Obesity

  5. Mental Illness 27% of 18-30 yrs have A mental illness 19% of 13-17 yrs have A mental illness Photo from http://health.ninemsn.com.au/img/annie/suicide.jpg

  6. Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI’s) Chlamydia Gonorrhea Photo from http://www.cdcnpin.org/images/gonorrh.jpg Photo from http://5magazine.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/clamydia.jpg HSV

  7. Diabetes 2010, Australia's Health 2010 : the Twelfth Biennial Report of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, ACT, pp. 1-579, http://www.aihw.gov.au/publications/aus/ah10/ah10.pdf. Australian Diabetes Council, 2007, Diabetes Kids and Teens, http://www.diabeteskidsandteens.com.au/about_type_1.html Photo from www.diabetesaustralia.com.au/ndss/ 15 new cases per 100 000 people 20% - 25% of young people are overweight or obese

  8. What does race(background) have to do with it?

  9. Aboriginal/ non-aboriginal

  10. Beat Drug and Alcohol Addictions Photo from http://paulapinkikay.blogspot.com.au/2010/08/drugs-and-alcohol-treatment.html

  11. 5% Amphetamines 11% Marijuana 86% Alcohol Photo from: http://www.triadcenters.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Are-inpatient-drug-and-alcohol-treatment-centers.jpg

  12. Takes you away from reality • Leads to Bad decisions • Cloudy judgment • Addictions escalate • Become emotionless • Helps with daily grinds of being a teen • Worsens the depression “Just have a go, once never hurt anybody!” Photo from: http://www.officialpsds.com/people-silhouette-PSD52644.html

  13. A decline in money shouldn’t cause a decline in health • The World Health Organisation acknowledges that the social gradient scale of disadvantage is a global trend in every country irrespective of the nation’s level of development and income. http://www.who.int/social_determinants/thecommission/finalreport/key_concepts/en/index.html

  14. Young males of lowest quintile have 78% higher mortality rate than the highest quintile • Young females of lowest quintile have 40% higher mortality rate than the highest quintile • Young people of lowest quintile have 23% higher incidence of serious chronic illness and 57% higher rating of fair/poor health Burdess, N, 2004, ‘Class and health’, Grbich, C, ed., Health in Australia – Sociological concepts and issues, 3rd ed., Pearson Education Australia, Frenchs Forest, pp. 173-198.

  15. Know the risk factors!

  16. Opportunities for prevention • Mysties info

  17. The Need for more Youth Shelters Photo from http://www.instablogsimages.com/images/2008/04/17/homeless_1_15992.jpg

  18. Figure 2: Homeless Youth Sleeping Under a Bridge (2008) Figure1: Homeless Youth (n.d)

  19. Figure 4: Young People (n.d) Figure 3: College Students (n.d)

  20. Figure 3: College Students (n.d) Figure1: Homeless Youth (n.d)

  21. Figure 5: Homeless people aged 12-24 years, 2006 (Commonwealth of Australia 2009, p29).

  22. Nursing strategies • Outline (3) nursing strategies using a determinants of health approach to promote the health of young people -  relate this to one of the significant health issues which you identified in question 2 • Mysties info

  23. conclusion

  24. References • Need to figure out how to do references • Aswell as how to reference pictures so they are all set out the same

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