Watch Our New “Beyond the Data” on Adolescent Health

Adolescence: Preparing for Lifelong Health and Wellness

Adolescence is a critical stage of development during which profound physical, intellectual, emotional, and psychological changes occur. During this transition from childhood to adulthood, adolescents make lifestyle choices and establish behaviors that affect both their current and future health. Adolescence is a relatively healthy period of life. However, serious health and safety issues such as motor vehicle crashes, violence, substance use, and risky sexual behaviors can adversely affect adolescents and young adults.

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In order to receive continuing education (CE) for Public Health Grand Rounds sessions, please visit TCEO and follow these 9 Simple Steps. To find our courses use the search term “Public Health Grand Rounds”. To receive continuing education you must complete the online seminar evaluation and posttest. Continuing education will be available for up to 2 years and 1 month after the initial session offering.

Target audience: physicians, nurses, epidemiologists, pharmacists, veterinarians, certified health education specialists, laboratorians, and others.

Objectives:

1. List key measures of burden of disease involving morbidity, mortality, and/or cost.

2. Describe evidence-based preventive interventions and the status of their implementations.

3. Identify one key prevention science research gap.

4. Name one key indicator by which progress and meeting prevention goals is measured.

CE certificates can be printed from your computer immediately upon completion of your online evaluation and posttest. A cumulative transcript of all CDC/ATSDR CE credits obtained through the TCE Online system will be maintained for each user. We hope that this will assist you in fulfilling the requirements for your professional licenses and certificates.

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