Tips for a Healthy Life

Teens and Young Adults

From the onset of puberty, to the time teen boys enter adulthood in their early 20s, they undergo major physical and emotional changes. These changes have important implications for health. As teen boys become increasingly independent, they face choices in areas such as driving habits, substance use, sexuality, physical activity, diet, and use of health care services. These choices are shaped by individual, family, and social environmental factors.

According to the National Adolescent Health Information Center, there are many concerns within this population:

Young adult African American men are still overwhelmingly affected by violence.

Substance use rates are very high among young adult men.

A sizable portion of young adult men face mental health problems.

Publications

Healthy Youth!: Sexual Risk Behaviors - This fact sheet provides statistics on young adults, their sexual behaviors, occurrences of STDs and numbers of those infected with HIV. There are also resources for state and local programs listed on the website for further information on priority health risks among youth.

http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/sexualbehaviors/index.htm

Take Charge of Your Health: A Teenager's Guide to Better Health - This booklet explains the importance of better health for teenagers. It contains information on how to stay active and eat healthy.

http://win.niddk.nih.gov/publications/take_charge.htm

Tips for Teens with Diabetes: What is Diabetes? - Read this booklet to learn about diabetes and how to manage it.

http://ndep.nih.gov/diabetes/pubs/Youth_Tips_Diabetes.pdf

About Overweight and Obesity (Copyright © Nemours Foundation) - In this fact sheet, you'll find information on some common health concerns that go with being overweight. You'll also find tips on what teens can do to manage weight in a healthy way.

http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/diseases_conditions/obesity/obesity_overweight.ht...

Common Health Problems in College Students (Copyright © AAP) - This fact sheet discusses some common illnesses and infections that spread on college campuses. It provides information on how to avoid them and if you get sick how to take care of yourself.

http://www.aap.org/pubed/ZZZG2JNPQ7C.htm?&sub_cat=107

Health Guides by Topic (Copyright © Young Men's Health) - This web page contains a list of health guides for young men about their health. Whether you are looking for information about working out, dating, puberty, or feeling sad, you will find information here.

http://www.youngmenshealthsite.org/by_topic.html

Hygiene Basics (Copyright © Nemours Foundation) - This fact sheet provides information about what body changes you can expect when going through puberty and how you can deal with them. Topics include oily skin, sweat, and body hair.

http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_body/take_care/hygiene_basics.html

http://kids.jdrf.org/

Male Reproductive System (Copyright © Nemours Foundation) - This publication provides an overview of the male reproductive system. A brief description of the function of the organs is provided as well as information on disorders of the male reproductive system.

http://kidshealth.org/teen/sexual_health/changing_body/male_repro.html

http://kidshealth.org/teen/sexual_health/guys/testicular_injuries.html

Tinea Infections: Athlete's Foot, Jock Itch and Ringworm (Copyright © AAFP) - This fact sheet explains about the tinea fungus, how it becomes infectious, how to get rid of it and how to prevent the infections from occurring.

http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/common/infections/common/fungal/316...

Organizations

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Current as of June 2007