Week 9 Adolescent Health Risk Seminar
For this assignment, you will develop and deliver a 10–15 minute
seminar/workshop aimed at the teen or young adult audience on
a specific health risk associated with the population.
Choose a health risk associated with adolescence. Some
categories to consider may include:
Suicide
Pregnancy
Substance use and abuse
Motor vehicle crashes
Tobacco use
Sexually transmitted disease
Domestic violence
Mental health issues
Eating disorders
Nutrition and fitness
As the health care advocate, you will present the following to the
target audience (adolescents or young adults)in 10-15 slides or
screens:
An overview of the risk factor
Contributing factors
Prevalence of the health risk (meaningful data)
Explain your role with the issue as a health care
practitioner/advocate
Ways to identify a problem and address the issue