Mental health affects the way people think, feel, and act. This type of health includes a person’s emotional, psychological, and social well-being (HHS, 2017). Mental health impacts a person’s everyday life and without receiving the proper help that they need, could resort to self-medicating or extreme measures. Approximately 800,000 people die by completing the act of suicide every year, which makes suicide the second leading cause of death among 15-29 year olds. (WHO, 2017). Universities and college
policy and support for their community is on the rise, yet LGBT youth are still faced with a significant risk of mental health issues. Adolescence is an important period of life characterized by rapid development where teenagers experience physical sexual changes and establish their gender identity. Youth who identify as lesbian, gay, or bisexual have been proven to demonstrate higher mental health and substance abuse issues than their heterosexual peers (Seil, Desai, & Smith 2014). Stressors from identifying
living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services". One would think that a country in favor for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights would abide by it, but in the case of Article 25 the United States does not. The state of health of the Indigenous people living in America is far below the average standard of living compared to the rest of the nation 's population. Natives have been cast
AMANI ALMOGBEL HLTH631 OVERVIEW An increasing number of young people are receiving health insurance coverage through their parents’ plans. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) expands dependent coverage to young adults 25 years old or younger. As a result, over 3 million young adults have gained coverage since 2010 (Benjamin D. Sommers, 2014) Covered individuals can now obtain important preventive reproductive and sexual health care services – such as STI screenings and birth control – with no
assets model that has been effectively used on children to create a new survey to test on emerging adults. The researchers named their creation the Young Adult Developmental Assets Survey (YADAS). The Search Institute had already developed the 40 assets that were evaluated within YADAS, and as a nonprofit for advancement of health the institute has conducted research over the last 50 years on young people and their success or failure. Their model is one of the most widely cited youth development
Incarceration on the Physical and Mental Health of Young Adults Section 1 Rosalyn D. Lee, PhD, MPH, MA, Xiangming Fang, PhD, and Feijun Luo, PhD conducted a research study on the impact of parental incarceration on the physical and mental health of young adults. The dependent variables were the self-reported health diagnoses and the independent variable was parental incarceration. The researchers based the study on 14,800 participants in grades 7 through 12. The population included those who had both parents
Application of Community Health and Population Focused Nursing VWT Task 1 Cassidi Roberts Western Governors University Community Health and Population Focused Nursing McKinney, Texas is “unique by nature”. As one of the fastest growing cities in the US, McKinney has a current population of more than 149,000, located 30 miles north of Dallas and is the seat of Collin County. McKinney offers rolling hills, lush trees, a historic downtown square and unique neighborhoods and developments. The
Regarding public health, suicide has and continues to be a major issue, accounting for 40,000 deaths per year within the general population of the United States alone (cite). While the devastating effects of suicide impacts the entire population, what is even more alarming is the epidemic of death by suicide within the college student population, with this age cohort at a dramatically higher risk for suicide when compared to the public. Therefore, it is unfortunately not surprising that death by
This has many implications for public health efforts because previously those most affected by HIV infection were adult men who have sex with men (MSM). The current research and work to reduce HIV is therefore mainly aimed at the MSM population, which may not translate to curbing infection rates in YMSM. In fact, studies that have looked at individual risk factors (i.e. unprotected anal intercourse, or UAI) seen in MSM populations as associated to increased risk of HIV infection among YMSM have found
experiences with adults and their capability of providing nurturance, protection, trust, and security to the developing child. Children with current and previous ties to the foster care system were found to have behavioral, emotional, and social well-being issues. The United States averages more than 400,000 children in foster care during the year. Amongst these 400,000 children, as many as 50% have developmental disorders or psychiatric diagnoses (Hutchinson). Children placed within the foster care