Adolescent Health 1 Adolescence: a foundation for future health
Adolescent Health 1 Adolescence: a foundation for future health
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DOI：
10.1016/s0140-6736(12)60072-5
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发表时间：
2012-04-28
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168.9
通讯作者：
Patton, George C.
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作者：
Sawyer, Susan M.;Afifi, Rima A.;Patton, George C.
青春期是生命的一个阶段，在这个阶段，健康的机会是巨大的，成年人健康的未来模式是确定的。青春期的健康是产前和幼儿期发育与青春期特有的生物和社会角色变化之间相互作用的结果，这些变化由影响健康相关行为的社会决定因素以及风险和保护因素形成。青春期的形态正在迅速变化-青春期开始的年龄在下降，而达到成熟社会角色的年龄在上升。对青少年健康的多样和动态影响的新理解包括对青春期和大脑发育的影响的见解，以及社交媒体。关注青少年是许多公共卫生议程取得成功的关键，包括旨在降低儿童和孕产妇死亡率及艾滋病毒/艾滋病的千年发展目标，以及最近对心理健康、伤害和非传染性疾病的重视。如果要实现全球卫生目标，就需要在上述每一个公共卫生领域更加关注青少年。将青春期放在中心位置的战略-而不是仅仅关注具体的健康问题-为改善青春期和以后的健康提供了重要的机会。
Adolescence is a life phase in which the opportunities for health are great and future patterns of adult health are established. Health in adolescence is the result of interactions between prenatal and early childhood development and the specific biological and social-role changes that accompany puberty, shaped by social determinants and risk and protective factors that affect the uptake of health-related behaviours. The shape of adolescence is rapidly changing-the age of onset of puberty is decreasing and the age at which mature social roles are achieved is rising. New understandings of the diverse and dynamic effects on adolescent health include insights into the effects of puberty and brain development, together with social media. A focus on adolescence is central to the success of many public health agendas, including the Millennium Development Goals aiming to reduce child and maternal mortality and HIV/AIDS, and the more recent emphases on mental health, injuries, and non-communicable diseases. Greater attention to adolescence is needed within each of these public health domains if global health targets are to be met. Strategies that place the adolescent years centre stage-rather than focusing only on specific health agendas-provide important opportunities to improve health, both in adolescence and later in life.