Adolescent and young adult male health: a review.
Adolescent and young adult male health receives little attention, despite the potential for positive effects on adult quality and length of life and reduction of health disparities and social inequalities. Pediatric providers, as the medical home for adolescents, are well positioned to address young men's health needs. This review has 2 primary objectives. The first is to review the literature on young men's health, focusing on morbidity and mortality in key areas of health and well-being. 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. We focus, in particular, on gender-specific issues, particularly in reproductive and sexual health. The review provides recommendations for the overall care of adolescent and young adult males.
Department of Pediatrics, Department of Population and FamilyHealth, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA. dlb54@columbia.edu
David L
DL
Bell
David J
DJ
Breland
Mary A
MA
Ott
D000293:Adolescent; D016497:Adolescent Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002423:Cause of Death; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control; D006285:Health Planning; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D054526:Men's Health; D008603:Mental Health; D020380:Needs Assessment; D018802:Patient-Centered Care; D010372:Pediatrics; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D060728:Reproductive Health; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control; D014481:United States; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control; D055815:Young Adult
adolescent health; gender; male; sexual and reproductive health; young adult