Assignment:
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
• Tobacco use
• Sexually transmitted disease
• Domestic violence
• Eating disorders
2. 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
• Present an activity or project or exercise for the audience to engage in related to the topic
• Help and support resources
3. In your research materials, incorporate 3-4 current sources with one containing the most current statistics.
4. Use age-appropriate creativity to ensure the message gets across to the selected audience.