Adolescent boys and dating
11-Apr-2017 11:19
We focus, in particular, on gender-specific issues, particularly in reproductive and sexual health.
Masculinity can be defined as a set of shared social beliefs about how men should present themselves.
We recognize that, in some areas, best practices consist of expert opinion.
We also note that adolescent male health must be understood in the context of the adolescent’s social and physical environment.
The second is to provide a clinically relevant review of the best practices in young men’s health.
This review covers male health issues related to health care access and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Healthy 2020 objectives for adolescents and young adults, focusing on the objectives for chronic illness, mortality, unintentional injury and violence, mental health and substance use, and reproductive and sexual health.The CDC identifies reduced tobacco use, reduced rates of obesity, and increased physical activity as 3 primary goals in chronic disease prevention. For tobacco use, the prevalence of having ever smoked cigarettes was higher among male than female high school students (46% vs 43%), higher among older students than younger students, and higher among white students compared with African Americans and Latinos.Compared with females, male students were also more likely to have started smoking before 13 years of age (12% vs 8%), to be a daily smoker (11% vs 9%), and to smoke more than 10 cigarettes a day (9% vs 6%).Adolescent and young adult males are a group of particular concern.