Question

In Your own words select one of the age groups (adolescent , adult or elderly) create a community health strategy for dealing with intentional and unintentional injuries (motor vehicles , suicide or gun violence ) your response should include information on the morbidity and mortality rates and the key factors assocosted with the injuries .

Answer 1

Adolescent age group consist of people from 10-19 years of age .

This results in various hormonal, mental and physical development with in these children and hence is considered a vulnerable age group prone to large amount of risk taking behavior amounting to loss of life.

Considering the suicide rate of 13.42 per 1 00,000 people .Along with 15,292 cases of death were reported in 2019 in the united states itself.

In India motor cycle death in 2018 alone was 151.24.

1) Awareness

Create awareness among the adolescent regards the importance of value and moral and safety. Educate to inform any form of malpractice.

Empower them to make the right choices and decisions with rewards like bravery award.

2) suicide

Providing awareness regarding suicide and the importance of preventing suicide.

Reinforcement regarding seeking helpand having help line numbers availability and along with necessary mental health health assessment.

3) prompt action

Carry out prompt action regarding the necessary implementation of strategies and policies.

Providing school based education and early identification.

4) Assessment

Carrying out necessary assessment may help I'm the treatment and prompt management.

Assess for behavior and proper policies regarding the state laws for gun.

5) Family education

Family education plays a very important role which involves education family members regarding gun laws and to promote safe adolescents carea and development.

6) antinarcotic

creating a Antinarcotic unit to tackel issue of drug abuse is very important and may help prevent adolescent mortality.

Factors responsible -

May include

Peer pressure

Bullying

Depression

Teenage issues

Lack of proper family system.

Lack of education and awareness.