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Educator Perspective
How can community health efforts affect the leading causes of death for the adolescent and the young adult age group?
Adolescents and young adults are at a critical juncture in their lives, when many health-related behaviors are established. Community health efforts that target this age group can have a significant impact on the leading causes of death among adolescents and young adults. The leading cause of death of these age groups is injury-related causes, such as car crashes (Cunningham et al., 2018).
Motor vehicle accidents, suicide, homicide, and substance abuse are all causes of death for this age group, and community initiatives that focus on prevention and education can help reduce the incidence of these problems. For example, community programs that teach safe driving habits or provide counseling services for those at risk for suicide can help to save lives (Suarez?Balcazar, 2020). Similarly, campaigns that raise awareness about the dangers of substance abuse can discourage adolescents and young adults from engaging in risky behavior.
Risky sexual behavior and drug use can be problems that lead to issues like depression, isolation, substance abuse, overdosing, and even suicidal ideation. Thus, it is important that community health efforts look at the causes that lead to death for these groups and direct their attention to these causes. A wide body of research has shown that community health efforts that focus on teaching teens about drug abuse, depression, risky sexual behavior, etc. can be effective in reducing the risk of death. For example, one study found that students who participated in a drug abuse prevention program were significantly less likely to engage in drug use than those who did not participate in the program (Suarez?Balcazar, 2020). Similarly, another study found that teens who participated in a depression prevention program were significantly less likely to experience depression than those who did not participate in...…about how they will get to an event or how they might get home. It is important for access to be readily available but also within easy distance. Or community services could even offer free pick-up with a shuttle service that would go to each persons home to pick them up and deliver them home again later.
Finally, chronic health conditions are common in older adults, and these can lead to a decreased ability to care for oneself. As a result, many older adults rely on community resources for assistance with activities of daily living such as bathing, dressing, and eating (Crowe et al., 2021). The more health issues the elderly have the more important it is that they find engagement with the community through organized community services.
In sum, there are a variety of factors that contribute to older adults utilizing community facilities and services. By understanding these factors, communities can better meet the needs…
References
Crowe, C. L., Domingue, B. W., Graf, G. H., Keyes, K. M., Kwon, D., & Belsky, D. W.
(2021). Associations of loneliness and social isolation with health span and life span in the US health and retirement study. The Journals of Gerontology: Series A, 76(11), 1997-2006.
Cunningham, R. M., Walton, M. A., & Carter, P. M. (2018). The major causes of death inchildren and adolescents in the United States. New England Journal of Medicine, 379(25), 2468-2475.
Suarez?Balcazar, Y. (2020). Meaningful engagement in research: Community residents asco?creators of knowledge. American journal of community psychology, 65(3-4), 261-271.
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