Abstract
Sociodemographic trends and projections in the adolescent population. Part 1 Normal adolescent growth and development: physical growth and development in normal adolescents psychological development in normal adolescents. Part 2 Precursors of adolescent health problems: the influence of the family and social environment effects of poverty and affluence the role of education and extracurricular activities life-style, risk taking, and out-of-control behaviour. Part 3 Adolescent health issues: substance abuse sexually transmitted diseases pregnancy and its outcome chronic illness and disability injuries disorders of self-image, depression, and suicide maltreatment of adolescents. Part 4 Adolescents' access to care: difficulties in recognizing adolescent health issues analyzing, planning, implementing, and sustaining successful interventions overcoming barriers to health care access economic issues affecting health care access adolescents' compliance with therapeutic regimens. Part 5 Meeting the Health Service needs of adolescents the responsibility of health care professionals toward adolescents the role of social support and social networks in improving the health of adolescents.
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