3. Challenges of AdolescenceChallenges of Adolescence
• Nutrition and Health
Nutritional problems
Malnutrition (Obesity/ underweight)
Anorexia nervosa
Anaemia
Use of steroids for body building/
Consumption of Slimming drugs
5. DLHS-RCH Survey (2002- 2003)
Anaemia among adolescent girls
(Age between 10 - 19 years), India
MILD MODERATE
SEVERE NO ANAEMIA
43 Percent
28 Percent24 Percent
5 Percent
America = Almost Nil
6. 7-9 out of 10 Adolescent girls
in Delhi are Anaemia
Delhi Gynae Forum 2002-03
90 % girls who come for blood
donation
in Delhi University Colleges
are rejected – 12.5 gm%
7. Work performance
Child development
School performace
Child mortality
Maternal mortality
Perinatal mortality
Other factors
A new conceptual model of iron deficiency anemia and
its effects.
Tissue Iron
Deficiency
Moderate
Severe
Anemia
8. EFFECT A ADOLESCENT GIRL
(10-20 yrs)
-↓SECOND GROWTH SPURT
- ↓ SCHOOL PERFORMANCE
-↓ Capacity to do work
- Inadequate preparation for
motherhood
9. • Increased risks
during pregnancy
and delivery
• Poor infant feeding
practices
•Malnourished infant
Impact of Anaemia on
Pregnancy
10. THE ECONOMIC LOSS
DUE TO ANAEMIA
• Billions of dollars lost !! (Lost
productivity)
• India - ↑ 2Billion
Source : Horton. S. Food Policy 2003 (Feb
issue)
If learning and motor impairment in children
+
Lost productivity in adolescents and adult
= ↑↑ 4-5 % GDP
11. Junk Foods Lead to Obesity/ DiabetesJunk Foods Lead to Obesity/ Diabetes
13. Adolescents are resources to beAdolescents are resources to be
developeddeveloped……..……..
………………not the problems to be fixed !not the problems to be fixed !
14. Why adolescence is specialWhy adolescence is special
• Friendship/Relationship
• Experimentation :
Drugs / Driving/ Sex
• Self identity :
Questioning of parental authority
Rebellion behaviour
• Generation Gap
Communication gap with parents
• Peer pressure
15. Peers are more importantPeers are more important
than parents for teenagers!than parents for teenagers!
16. Adolescent health indicatorsAdolescent health indicators
• Young marriages: 26-54% in females (15-18 yr)
70% by 20 yrs
• Pregnancy / motherhood : 36-64% of married
teenagers ( 13-19 yrs)
• MMR: is 3-5 times more in teenage pregnancies
• IMR: is 2-4 times more in teenage pregnancies
• Malnutrition : 45% in girls
• STDs and RTIs are increasing due to unsafe
sexual behaviour in teenagers (30-50%)
• 50% of all new cases of HIV / AIDS in 10-15 yrs
17. •
Misconception about AIDS- 70-80 %
• Awareness about how AIDS spreads- 45- 60%
• Awareness about STDs/ RTIs - 32%
• Source of knowledge comes 78% from peer
• Cause of STDs : Sex (3-18%)
Poor hygiene(20%)
• Condom use in sex : 17% (casual) 59% CSWs)
• Married teenagers( 15-18 yrs)
• Use of contraception : 4- 8%
Awareness in Reproductive HealthAwareness in Reproductive Health
18. Challenges of AdolescenceChallenges of Adolescence
in Girlsin Girls
• Relationships
Attraction towards opposite sex
Crush, infatuation, love
Peer pressure
Maladjustment and Rebellion
• Sex and Sexuality
Curiosity : Pornography/ Blue movies
Experimentation : Unsafe sex
Unwanted pregnancies
HIV/ AIDS
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Become
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Volunteer
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29. It is better to light
a candle than
to curse the
Darkness!
(A Chinese proverb)
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TIME MANAGEMENT
EXECELLENT RELATIONSHIP
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
ASSERTIVE BEHAVIOUR
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