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  • 5 - Adolescent health care and disease prevention in the Americas

  • Edited by David Hamburg, Norman Sartorius, World Health Organization, Geneva
  • Book:
    Health and Behaviour
    Published online:
    06 August 2010
    Print publication:
    17 August 1989, pp 127-149

  • Summary

    In North America, on the basis of data drawn mostly from the United States, the age range for adolescence is often put at ages 10-20 years; most of the data from Latin American nations report on ages 15-19 years. There is a pressing need for epidemiologic research on health/mental health problems of adolescents, particularly in the developing nations. Improving adolescent health and reducing adult morbidity and mortality can be achieved by greater understanding of effective ways to change adolescents' behaviour toward promoting health and preventing disease. Although adolescent pregnancy is not new to Latin America, only in the recent past has it emerged as a major concern of health personnel and policymakers. The use of tobacco and alcohol is an example of behaviour that is widely prohibited to adolescents, but socially acceptable and legal for adults. In the United States much of the drug education has been ineffective or counterproductive.