Adolescent health in Colombia: basis for a preventive medicine
Adolescents represent 19.6% of the Colombian population; this requires proper medical training to tackle health problems for this group of age. Violent mortality is high in Colombia but external causes are the most common cause of mortality among teenagers around the world. Invulnerability self-cons...
| Autor Principal: | Alba, Luz Helena; Pontificia Universidad Javeriana |
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| Formato: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
| Idioma: | spa |
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Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
2016
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http://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/vnimedica/article/view/15966 |
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Adolescents represent 19.6% of the Colombian population; this requires proper medical training to tackle health problems for this group of age. Violent mortality is high in Colombia but external causes are the most common cause of mortality among teenagers around the world. Invulnerability self-consciousness and exploratory behaviors are related to risk factors such as substance consumption (alcohol, 65%, and tobacco, 35,8%), unsafe sexual conducts (unexpected pregnancy, 21%), and lack of emotional control. Violence, púunintentional injuries, suicide, and sexual health related problems might have great impact on youth and family life. The scarcity of instruments for identifying risks and the lack of evidence regarding interventions for risk factor control challenge primary care services. Protective factors (familiar, spiritual, sports) are supported by scientific evidence as a preventive tool, but they require skills and competencies not regularly included in medical education or routine primary care practice in Colombia. |
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