RISK FACTORS increase the likelihood of Adolescents/young people exhibiting negative behaviours RISK FACTORS are also grouped into three categories: 1) INDIVIDUAL RISK FACTORS 2) FAMILY RISK FACTORS 3) ENVIRONMENTAL RISK FACTORS INDIVIDUAL RISK FACTORS: Mental health problems (eg. depression) Sexual…
PROTECTIVE FACTORS reduce negative behaviours in adolescents/young people and make them resilient. PROTECTIVE FACTORS are categorized into three; 1. Individual protective factors2. Family protective factors 3. Environmental protective factors INDIVIDUAL PROTECTIVE FACTORS: Positive self esteem Positive social skills Spirituality Average…
Adolescents and young people are supposed to be a healthy group; however, some suffer permanent disabilities due to high-risk behaviors they involve themselves in, such as violence, accident-prone activities, early sexual activities, and suicide. Many diseases in adulthood also have…
There are sociocultural and socioeconomic causes of Adolescents/teenage pregnancy. These causes include; gender discrimination based on historic unequal gender roles (for instance child bearing is seen as women’s major roles in rural areas, hence girls are not educated in such…
Unsafe abortions and their negative health consequences are common among adolescent girls because these pregnancies are unplanned and unwanted. These girls and their children also become burdens on society. The high rate of adolescent pregnancy is a threat to national…
One-third of all registered births in Ghana are from adolescent girls. This figure could, however, be higher because most adolescent pregnancies occur in rural areas where child marriages are common and births often go unregistered (GDHS, 2014). Poverty is identified…