whournameiz
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15 yr old girl social,active,alcohol drinker,smoker, drives relatives car without licence.
What is the best way to prevent risk factor----
avoid smoking,
avoid drinking,
use seat belts
basically, what is more important smoking or seat belt??
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| me007
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drinking
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| drduck
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has to be seatbelts....
most important cause of death in this age group is accident
to avoid this strict reinforcements necessary....specially fo seatbelts
alcohol and cigarette smoking are long term risks
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| peraspera
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middle adolescents (14-17)often challenge parental authority and have feelings of omnipotence( nothing bad will happen to them bs they are all-powerful )
seatbelts.
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| whournameiz
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| me007
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seatbelt vs drinking -->seatbelts more important?
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| paganini
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stop drinking is more important but is difficult to modify a behavior in teenagers, she wont stop smoking or drinking so easy because she is also seeing her friends doing it. The best way to protect her is to use seat belt, this is just my opinion.
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| paganini
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Is never too late: I change my answer, I was reading a few articles and I think that as me007 said avoid drinking is the best choice. Why? Evidence is stronger that screening and brief behavioral counseling can reduce inappropriate alcohol consumption. Alcohol remains by far the most commonly used drug among high school students. Injuries from motor vehicle crashes are highest for drivers at both ends of the age spectrum. Motor vehicle deaths in the United States have declined since 1990, due to the use of lap and shoulder safety belts, a decline in alcohol-impaired driving, highway redesign, and national education campaigns.
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| paganini
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I found this interesting and wanted to share it:
PREVENTIVE SERVICE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ADOLESCENTS — The purpose of preventive services is to reduce serious morbidity and premature mortality. Preventive services typically fall into four categories: screening, counseling to reduce risk, providing immunizations, and giving general health guidance. In addition, a recommendation for how frequently routine visits should occur usually is included. Various organizations have developed or revised guidelines that are designed to enable practitioners to identify and address specific health problems and behaviors that cause the greatest burden of suffering among adolescents: The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) — Guide to Clinical Preventive Services 1989/1996 [9,10]. American Medical Association (AMA) — Guidelines for Adolescent Preventive Services (GAPS)1992 (www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/1980.html) [11]. American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) — Age Charts for Periodic Health Examinations 1994 (www.aafp.org) [12]. Maternal and Child Health Bureau, US Public Health Services (MCHB) — Bright Futures: Guidelines for Health Care Supervision of Infants, Children, and Adolescents 1994 (www.brightfutures.org) [13,14]. These guidelines also incorporate expert opinion. American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) — Recommendations for Pediatric Preventive Health Care 1995/2000 (www.aap.org/policy/re9939.html) [15].
The organizations use different methods to arrive at their guidelines. The USPSTF guidelines, for example, are based upon the proven ability of screening procedures and interventions to improve clinical outcomes. Because data from preventive service studies using adolescent subjects in clinical settings is sparse, the AMA and MCHB guidelines also incorporate expert opinion. (See "Overview of preventive medicine").
An analysis of the recommendations reveals the following [16]:
General agreement is that primary care physicians should provide the basic set of immunizations identified by the Advisory Committee on Immunizations Practices (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) (show table 1) [17]. (See "Standard Childhood Immunizations" and see "Meningococcal vaccines").
Data provide strong support that clinical services should include screening and counseling to prevent injuries from violence and accidents, reduce risk for future cardiovascular disease (eg, smoking cessation, management of obesity, early treatment of hypertension and hyperlipidemia), reduce involvement in health risk behaviors (eg, alcohol and drug use, unsafe sexual practices), and promote dental health.
Less agreement exists for teaching self-breast and self-testicular examinations, providing routine health guidance to parents, offering routine hearing and vision testing, and conducting routine testing for hematocrit and urinalysis.
Disagreement exists regarding the recommended periodicity for routine health evaluations. Although the AMA, MCHB, and AAP recommend annual preventive service visits for adolescents, the AAFP and USPSTF recommend that these visits occur every one to three years as necessary. The National Commission on Quality Assurance includes in its recommended set of performance measures for managed care organizations (Health Employer Data and Information Set) that adolescents between 13 and 18 years of age be seen annually for a routine health visit [18].
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| new_n_lost
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me007 wrote:
seatbelt vs drinking -->seatbelts more important?
Agree With Me007. Wht is More Dangerous a Driver without a Seatbelt or a Driver Who is Totally Drunk. DUI is a major offense in US and Person with DUIs is not recommended for Stressful Jos. Most MVAs have Alcohol involved in their Causes.
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| paresh1225
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I would say its Drinking..
Coz alcoholics are more prone for RTA in comparision to those who r not using seat belts.. so i will go for Drinking
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| paheli
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i'd say drinking as well, coz she would still be safer driving without a permit or her seat belt on, rather than driving drunk.
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