Adolescent health, the Glossary

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1. 58 relations: Adolescence, Adolescent and young adult oncology, Adolescent medicine, Adolescent sexuality, Adverse childhood experiences, Advocates for Youth, Age of majority, Alcohol (drug), Anxiety, Biology, Capacity building, Child protection, Collaboration, Depression (mood), Discrimination, Drug, Education, Equity (economics), Evidence-based practice, Externalizing disorder, Freechild Institute for Youth Engagement, Gary Bauer, General practitioner, Harm reduction, Health promotion, HIV, Holism, Housing, Human sexual activity, Interventionism (politics), Investor, Lawyer, Loneliness, Louis W. Sullivan, Mental health, National Institutes of Health, Nursing, Positive youth development, Primary health care, Psychology, Psychosocial, ReachOut.com, School health and nutrition services, Sexual and reproductive health, Sexually transmitted infection, Social emotional development, Social justice, Social work, Stress (biology), United States Department of Health and Human Services, ... Expand index (8 more) »

2. Adolescent medicine

Adolescence

Adolescence is a transitional stage of physical and psychological development that generally occurs during the period from puberty to adulthood (typically corresponding to the age of majority).

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Adolescent and young adult oncology

Adolescent and young adult oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer in adolescent and young adult (AYA) patients aged 16–40. Adolescent health and adolescent and young adult oncology are adolescent medicine.

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Adolescent medicine

Adolescent medicine, also known as adolescent and young adult medicine, is a medical subspecialty that focuses on care of patients who are in the adolescent period of development.

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Adolescent sexuality

Adolescent sexuality is a stage of human development in which adolescents experience and explore sexual feelings.

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Adverse childhood experiences

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) include childhood emotional, physical, or sexual abuse and household dysfunction during childhood.

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Advocates for Youth

Advocates for Youth is a nonprofit organization and advocacy group based in Washington, D.C., United States, dedicated to sexuality education, the prevention of HIV and of sexually transmitted disease, teenage pregnancy prevention, youth access to condoms and contraception (including emergency contraception), equality for LGBT youth, and youth participation.

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Age of majority

The age of majority, also known as legal age, is the threshold of legal adulthood as recognized or declared in law.

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Alcohol (drug)

Alcohol, sometimes referred to by the chemical name ethanol, is one of the most widely used and abused psychoactive drugs in the world and falls under the depressant category.

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Anxiety

Anxiety is an emotion which is characterised by an unpleasant state of inner turmoil and includes feelings of dread over anticipated events.

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Biology

Biology is the scientific study of life.

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Capacity building

Capacity building (or capacity development, capacity strengthening) is the improvement in an individual's or organization's facility (or capability) "to produce, perform or deploy".

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Child protection

Child protection (also called child welfare) is the safeguarding of children from violence, exploitation, abuse, and neglect.

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Collaboration

Collaboration (from Latin com- "with" + laborare "to labor", "to work") is the process of two or more people, entities or organizations working together --> to complete a task or achieve a goal.

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Depression (mood)

Depression is a mental state of low mood and aversion to activity.

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Discrimination

Discrimination is the process of making unfair or prejudicial distinctions between people based on the groups, classes, or other categories to which they belong or are perceived to belong, such as race, gender, age, religion, physical attractiveness or sexual orientation.

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Drug

A drug is any chemical substance other than a nutrient or an essential dietary ingredient, which, when administered to a living organism, produces a biological effect.

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Education

Education is the transmission of knowledge, skills, and character traits and manifests in various forms.

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Equity (economics)

Equity, or economic equality, is the construct, concept or idea of fairness in economics and justice in the distribution of wealth, resources, and taxation within a society.

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Evidence-based practice

Evidence-based practice is the idea that occupational practices ought to be based on scientific evidence.

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Externalizing disorder

Externalizing disorders (or externalising disorders) are mental disorders characterized by externalizing behaviors, maladaptive behaviors directed toward an individual's environment, which cause impairment or interference in life functioning.

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Freechild Institute for Youth Engagement

The Freechild Institute for Youth Engagement is a nonprofit organization focused on creating connections between adults and young people through programs, technical assistance, publications, training, and curriculum.

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Gary Bauer

Gary Lee Bauer (born May 4, 1946) is an American civil servant, activist, and former political candidate.

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General practitioner

A general practitioner (GP) or family physician is a doctor who is a consultant in general practice.

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Harm reduction

Harm reduction, or harm minimization, refers to a range of intentional practices and public health policies designed to lessen the negative social and/or physical consequences associated with various human behaviors, both legal and illegal.

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Health promotion is, as stated in the 1986 World Health Organization (WHO) Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion, the "process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve their health.".

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HIV

The human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV) are two species of Lentivirus (a subgroup of retrovirus) that infect humans.

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Holism

Holism is the interdisciplinary idea that systems possess properties as wholes apart from the properties of their component parts.

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Housing

Housing refers to the usage and possibly construction of shelter as living spaces, individually or collectively.

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Human sexual activity

Human sexual activity, human sexual practice or human sexual behaviour is the manner in which humans experience and express their sexuality.

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Interventionism (politics)

Interventionism, in international politics, is the interference of a state or group of states into the domestic affairs of another state for the purposes of coercing that state to do something or refrain from doing something.

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Investor

An investor is a person who allocates financial capital with the expectation of a future return (profit) or to gain an advantage (interest).

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Lawyer

A lawyer is a person who practices law.

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Loneliness

Loneliness is an unpleasant emotional response to perceived isolation.

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Louis W. Sullivan

Louis Wade Sullivan (born November 3, 1933) is an active health policy leader, minority health advocate, author, physician, and educator.

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Mental health

Mental health encompasses emotional, psychological, and social well-being, influencing cognition, perception, and behavior.

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National Institutes of Health

The National Institutes of Health, commonly referred to as NIH, is the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and public health research.

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Nursing

Nursing is a health care profession that "integrates the art and science of caring and focuses on the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and human functioning; prevention of illness and injury; facilitation of healing; and alleviation of suffering through compassionate presence".

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Positive youth development

Positive youth development (PYD) programs are designed to optimize youth developmental progress.

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Primary health care

Primary health care (PHC) is a whole-of-society approach to effectively organise and strengthen national health systems to bring services for health and wellbeing closer to communities.

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Psychology

Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior.

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The psychosocial approach looks at individuals in the context of the combined influence that psychological factors and the surrounding social environment have on their physical and mental wellness and their ability to function.

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ReachOut.com

ReachOut.com is an internet service for young Australians that provides information, support and resources about mental health issues and enable them to develop resilience, increase coping skills, and facilitate help-seeking behaviour.

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School health and nutrition services

School-based health and nutrition services are provided through the school system to improve the health and well-being of children and in some cases whole families and the broader community.

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Sexual and reproductive health

Sexual and reproductive health (SRH) is a field of research, health care, and social activism that explores the health of an individual's reproductive system and sexual well-being during all stages of their life.

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Sexually transmitted infection

A sexually transmitted infection (STI), also referred to as a sexually transmitted disease (STD) and the older term venereal disease (VD), is an infection that is spread by sexual activity, especially vaginal intercourse, anal sex, oral sex, or sometimes manual sex.

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Social emotional development represents a specific domain of child development.

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Social justice is justice in relation to the distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges within a society where individuals' rights are recognized and protected.

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Social work is an academic discipline and practice-based profession concerned with meeting the basic needs of individuals, families, groups, communities, and society as a whole to enhance their individual and collective well-being.

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Stress (biology)

Stress, whether physiological, biological or psychological, is an organism's response to a stressor such as an environmental condition.

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United States Department of Health and Human Services

The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is a cabinet-level executive branch department of the U.S. federal government created to protect the health of the U.S. people and providing essential human services.

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Youth

Youth is the time of life when one is young.

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Youth empowerment

Youth empowerment is a process where children and young people are encouraged to take charge of their lives.

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Youth engagement

Youth engagement is the sentiment young people feel towards a particular person, activity, place or outcome.

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Youth participation

Youth participation is the active engagement of young people throughout their own communities.

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Youth rights

The youth rights movement (also known as youth liberation) seeks to grant the rights to young people that are traditionally reserved for adults.

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Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System

The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) is an American biennial survey of adolescent health risk and health protective behaviors such as smoking, drinking, drug use, diet, and physical activity conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Youth voice

Youth voice refers to the distinct ideas, opinions, attitudes, knowledge, and actions of young people as a collective body.

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Youth work

Youth work is a community support activity aimed at older children and adolescents.

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See also

Adolescent medicine

• Adolescent and young adult oncology
• Adolescent health
• Adolescent medicine
• Children's Oncology Group
• College health
• School hygiene
• Teen center
• Youth and disability

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolescent_health

Also known as Youth Health.

, Youth, Youth empowerment, Youth engagement, Youth participation, Youth rights, Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System, Youth voice, Youth work.