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.
1. 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.
Please be aware that point 2 need to be complete!!