Adolescents and the young adults population

Adolescents and Young Adults

Adolescents (10-19 years) and young adults (20-24 years) account for around 21% of the overall population in the United States. The patterns of behavior that emerge from these traits aid in determining the likelihood of chronic illness progression as well as their health state. Although most young adults and adolescents are healthy, there are a number of social and public health issues that might arise throughout these years (Anderson & Dotchery, 2011). Examples of age groupings that may be encountered include:

Suicide

Homicide

Accidents caused by drinking and driving

Human immune-deficiency like H.I.V

Teen pregnancies

Smoking

Homelessness

The impact of privacy laws on the school nurses

It is therefore vital that school nurses and classroom teachers to come up with ways that could govern the behavioral factors of these age group. One of the vast ideas is by conveying the reproductive health information, particularly to students. However, some laws need to be enacted because of the performance of the school nurses since most of the time they stay awake for more than 21 hours thus raising their blood alcohol content to 0.1%. More recently, the law enforcement agencies have deployed patrol officers to adopt the CWW (Compressed week work) schedule to work with shifts with the nurses to curb down the pressure that mounts on the school nurses (Norlander, 2014). This indeed will help to control the behaviors of the adolescents.

The Benefits of Privacy Laws

According to the report released by the Education Law report, the most discussed challenge was the reduction of school nurses in education facilities (Richardson, 2015). Seventy percent of these nurses stated that the majority of medication was administered by the teachers thus making about 52% of children to miss urgent medical care. The privacy laws therefore demand the educators to meet the federal and academic standards by answering to the local taxpayers as to why medication is missing in their teaching centers. This has enabled the school nurses to play a pivotal role when it comes to improving the health of the students by making sure there is continuity of care through the coordination of both the health and education centers. As a results all students have full medical protection.

Recommended Strategies

The recommended ethical strategies concerning the wellness and health privacy in a school environment include the health promotion and communication innervations. They mostly aim to influence the lifestyle and views of people because they are often funded, initiated and influenced by private or public organizations and government agencies. With the increasing advertising tactics particularly in ethical issues as well as health promotional communication, publicity applies techniques like exaggerations, provocative tactics, and emotional appeals so as to display messages to the adolescent group. The use of digital media increase the moral matter regarding the privacy and digital divide (Deas & Smith, 2012). The intrusions may have a diverse impact on the psychological well-being of young adults and the adolescent. They also impact the aspects of the society by raising different ideas that concern their lifestyles or health. In return it raises the values of concerns regarding the privacy laws will be impacted to the school environments in New York.

Conclusion

The adolescents and young adults as seen in the article play a vital role when it come to the building of societies. However if not well monitored, they tend to face specific challenges that may be self-generated or environment generated. It is crucial for teachers and nurses to have responsibilities that govern and guide these type of age groups. Through health monitoring and laws, the young generation will protected health wise as well as in the societies so as to reduce dangers that they might cause.

References

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Lund, S., Richardson, A., & May, C. (2015). Barriers to advance care planning at the end of life: An explanatory systematic review of implementation studies. PLoS One, 10(2).

Norlander, L. (2014). To comfort always: A nurse’s guide to end-of-life care (2nd Ed.). Indianapolis, IN: Sigma Theta Tau International.