January 25, 2009 Research/Initial thoughts by Chloe Ciccariello: Does anyone know who Hayley Fink is? This is the name that activity appears under when one signs into this Wiki as wiki@sustainus.org I believe. Initial Research Questions: - What are the most pressing health concerns faced by youth around the globe? - What are the most pressing health concerns faced by youth in the US? Resources: - http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/yrbs/index.htm This is the Center for Disease Control Site that focuses on American Youth and risky behaviors, obesity and asthma. - http://mchb.hrsa.gov/mchirc/_pubs/us_teens/main_pages/intro.htm A study/book posted online in its entirety which compares the health of American Youth to that of youth in other countries. Written by a collection of doctors from around the globe who have collaborated on the International Research Study titled "Health Behavior in School-aged Children (HBSC)". The Summary is available here: http://mchb.hrsa.gov/mchirc/_pubs/us_teens/main_pages/sum.htm#fn12. - http://www.mchb.hrsa.gov/about/default.htm US Dept. of Health and Human Resources page which focuses on what seems to be a sub-department focusing on Maternal and Child health care. Entire website seems pretty disorganized. - http://www.hbsc.org/ Health Behavior amoung School Aged Children. WHO collaborative cross-national study on well-being of adolescent, this is the link to the Homepage study. -http://www.nichd.nih.gov/ NIH branch --> National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. - http://www.who.int/topics/youth/en/ WHO youth main site, with links to more specific youth & health web pages. - http://www.aahperd.org/AAHE/ American Association for Health Education Topics to investigate more thoroughly: - Violence among youth in US. This links to juvenile justice as well, is that something that we are also focusing on in this policy document?? - HIV & AIDS - both in US and overseas - Link between health and education WHO outlines 6 factors/habits that begin in youth and ultimately contribute to most cause of early death. They include (http://www.who.int/school_youth_health/en/):
These factors all relate to a youth's behavior, versus communicable diseases and genetic disorders. These factors must be combated through increased educational efforts. - Obesity as a rising risk among students in both developing and developed countries. - parasitic worms are a huge cause of disease in developing countries and cause a number of variant diseases. Ideas to put forward in the policy: - Development of International Health Education Curriculums for each grade level, written by health education professionals, could serve as models for national health education programs, NGO Health education programs, etc. There could be ammendments for different regions, cultural norms, etc. |
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