By Paul Aquilina

Various Health Issues Youth Face pt1  Asthma is a condition that affects the small air passages of the lungs. This results if difficulty breathing.  Diabetes refers to a group of different conditions in which there is too much glucose in the blood  Weight issues refers to youth being overweight or underweight  Drug use is a substance abuse that can cause long term or short term health issues.  Sun protection is doing your best to protect yourself from the suns harmful UV rays.

Various Health Issues Youth Face pt2  Sexual and reproductive health is the capacity to enjoy and manage sexual and reproductive behavior  Food allergies are an abnormal response to certain parts of a food.  Cyber bullying is a issue that uses communication technologies to threaten and/or harass another person  Mental health affects the way a person behaves, thinks and feels about themselves.

Sexual And Reproductive health Reproductive health is a “state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” Sexual health is the capacity to enjoy and manage sexual behavior in accordance with social and personal ethic.

Impact on all dimensions of health  Socially getting pregnant or getting a STI can drastically change your life. If you have a child you have to dedicate your life to supporting and raising a child. If somehow you get and STI your sexual life would have to change as well.  If you had an STI or where pregnant you would be mentally stressed with all the changes that would have to be made to you lifestyle.  If you got a STI then you would have all the physical aspects of that certain STI. If you where pregnant you would grow and have more obvious physical changes.

Changes Overtime  Over time Youth have decreased in pregnancy's. Over 5.9 percent of pregnancy's where to people under 20 years old in Now only 4 percent of pregnancy’s are to the youth. As for STI’s its hard to say because some are more common and some are less common.

Risks/Factors  There are many STI’s you can catch when having sex. To prevent catching (some) STI’s or getting pregnant you can take protective measures. To keep reproductively healthy you should often get yourself checked at the doctors.

Programs Designed to help sexual health  The government constantly has adverts about managing sexual health. They also have a “Baby Bonus” program in place to help mothers support their child financially. The baby bonus pays 5,300 dollars three months before the birth of the child. As for you personal strategies it is good to have certain standards and health guidelines to follow (i.e. getting yourself checked at the doctor periodically.

Rights and Responsibilities  There’s safety responsibilities such as having protected sex instead of non protected sex. Another right/ responsibility you should take up is making sure you are reproductively healthy and if you not you should act appropriately.