...The Biggest Challenges Young Adults Face Today Dallas Johnson AC1306863 Principles of Public Speaking Assignment 6_06 10/06/2013 Introduction Sincerely Young adults today face numerous problems. To me, unemployment and drug abuse pose the major challenge for young adults today. These problems, in many instances, have negative effects on individual’s lives and compromise their personal development as well as their relationships with other members of the society. More seriously, they can compromise the health of the individual and bring harm and regret. The increasing numbers of divorces, for example, is a testimony to the negative implications of these problems on the individual and the society. Clearly, therefore, there is an urgent need for intervention from all the concerned stakeholders to address this disturbing issue. Discussion Personally, one of the challenges that I perceive facing the young adults is the increasing frequency of drug and alcohol abuse among the young adults. From investigations and personal interviews, I have established that more and more young adults engage in this unbecoming behavior, and the rates are alarming. I have established that many of the young adults admit to taking drugs because of the frustrations and life uncertainties in the contemporary society. It is also disturbing that many of the young adults understand the consequences but pay little attention to the effect of this behavior...
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...Challenges Young Adults Face Today Being a young adult today has many difficult stages of life that can be quite challenging, even under the best circumstances. During puberty, young people are invaded by a series of new emotions and feelings. Daily pressures faced by teachers and peers. They are exposed to the heavy influence of television, film, music and the Internet. Hence, a United Nations report defines adolescence as "a period of transition that is often characterized by stress and anxiety." Today, young people looking for a quick solution to their problems, for example in drug addiction, prostitution, euthanasia, bullying, suicide, among others. In this case drugs affect our body, losing their logical thinking , and making the forget all those problems that have been disturbing them. Sometimes they just have influences that affect a person for lack of will and likewise assessed, fall into the same temptation of drugs, both legal and illegal like. There are people who have everything but if they lack love and security they seek this out, or just out of curiosity mind and then create a rollercoaster of a problem. Drug addiction is a touchy subject, because many people go so far as to sell everything they have and leave everything for a single dose of what make them happy, drugs. The only treatment to come out of this is the support from hi/hers family and most of all depending on thee person who is at the moment with this addiction has the willpower to go to rehab...
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...What I see as the Biggest Challenge Young Adults Face Today Zig Ziglar believes that “sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful” (Junttila, 2010) but will young people in this 21st century be able to succeed considering the myriad of challenges they face on a daily basis. The problems faced by young people today are more than usual. We’ve heard time and time again that the youth is the future? Is this really true, considering the weight of their problems? They are riddled with obstacles which serve to hamper their future. Three of the biggest challenges young adults face today in my opinion is unemployment, lack of role models and obesity. Persons between the ages of 16-24 face multitude of problems. One can only imagine. Let’s take a closer look at youth unemployment. Unemployment is defined as the situation where an individual is willing and able to work, but for some reason is unable to find work. A study carried out in the United States, stated that young people are nearly three times likely to be unemployed than the rest of the population, this is the largest gap in twenty years. The study also went on to say that the number of people aged 16-24 who are not in full time education or employment has increased a great deal. Over the last quarter it has increased by 8000 youths with 498 000 in that age group without a job (Invincibles, Seeberger & Adair, 2015). There is another study carried out in the Caribbean by the Caribbean Development...
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...illness prevention. Without knowledge people cannot make healthy choices about their lifestyles therefore health education is very much a part of health promotion (Tannahill, 1985) cited in (Bright, 1997). This assignment is going to be based on a health initiative towards a group of young adult smokers within age range of seventeen and twenty five years. The author has chosen smoking because more young people continue to take up cigarette smoking and yet smoking has been identified as the biggest single cause of preventable ill health and premature deaths in the United Kingdom (DOH, 1999). The paper is going to support the choice of the topic with statistics and what the government is saying. The needs of the young adult smokers are going to be identified and these needs are going to be addressed through interactive lecture approach. It is essential to consider a health promotion model as a tool to meet the assessed needs. There are many health promotion models but for purposes of this assignment, Ewles and Simnett (1999) model of health promotion is going to be used. The use of this model will help the author to focus and maintain delivery of health promotion to meet the complex needs of young adult smokers. The assignment will then discuss factors that may enhance or...
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...Understanding Filipino Adolescents: Research Gaps and Challenges JOSEFINA V. CABIGON, PH.D.* ABSTRACT Maiksi subalit masalimuot ang panahon ng kabataan sa buhay ng tao. Ang suliranin ng pagsasaayos sa mga problemang kaakibat nito ay nangangailangan ng ganap na pag-unawa sa kabataang Pilipino ng kasalukuyang panahon. Nais ibahagi ng papel na ito ang pagtutukoy sa mga mahahalagang isyu na karaniwang di natugunan sa mga nauna nang pag-aaral. Ilan sa mga suliraning pampananalikssik ay binigyang pansin at inaasahang mapupunan ang mga puwang na patuloy pa ring naiiwan sa larangan. Ang mga kakulangang nais tugunan ay ang mga sumusunod na usapin: pagkakaisa sa pagpapakahulugan sa konsepto ng “kabataan” at sekswalidad; di-kumpletong datos ukol sa ugnayan ng bilang ng kabataan at bilang ng kabuuang populasyon; antas ng kamalayan ng mga stakeholders at kabataan mismo tungkol sa paglaki ng bilang ng huli; ang pangangailangan ng mga stakeholders ng napapanahon at bagong pagkaunawa tungkol sa antas, mga tagapagtakda, at kahihinatnan ng sekswalidad ng kabataan, pati ng kanilang fertility at reproductive health; at, ang kanilang kamalayan at pakikilahok sa mga gawaing panlipunan. Ilan sa mga rekomendasyon ay ang pagkakaroon ng pambansang sarbey sa mga bagong erya ng pag-aaaral kaakibat ang kwalitatibong pananaliksik, pananaliksik pampatakaran (policy research) at operations research. Ang artikulo ay isang pagtatangka sa paghahanap ng mga pamamaraan upang maimulat sa mga kabataan at sa...
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...The particular groups that are going to be encountered in this reflection are generational poverty, older adults, and women. Complex factors involved in overcoming generational poverty Generational poverty is a serious issue among some of the population. When a student graduates high school impending the thought of college they might run into a multitude of different issues. How to pay for college is a major situation, sometimes families are financially able to send their child to school, but in some occasions not. In this scenario, the young adult must gather on how they are going to live and somehow go to college. Some young adults make rational decisions, and others make devastating financial decisions that put themselves into a severe hardship, leading to generational poverty. The issue of social support plaques quite a few young women and men when they walk out into society without a plan of action. The lack of emotional, tangible, informational, positive and negative support can cause horrible life altering decisions among this class of society (UOP, 2011). By making decisions to go to school, the young adult then leads to issues of poverty due to large loans from schooling and credit challenges from taking on too much-unsecured debt to pay to survive. When this generation, making the decision to go to school can be a lifelong issue, when the young adult makes bad calls on how to financially support themselves it can cause greater issues in later life. The...
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...Have you ever wondered why so it seems like so many of our young adults are having such a difficult time adjusting or getting on their feet? Don’t you find it hard to ignore the many news articles and stories about the economy and how it’s so many people being affected by poverty, and the ever rising costs of education? Today, I would like to talk to you a little bit about how the changes in the economy, poverty levels, and costs of education are affecting young people from all walks of life. Young people are not just perplexed about what to wear, but many are more concerned with where they are going to live and how to make ends meet. Today’s economy has fluctuated so much in the past few years that poverty is at an all time high. Young adults that would otherwise live on their own are finding themselves to be stuck living with their parents or relatives either because they can’t make ends meet on their own or assistance is needed at home. Young people are forced to take on more responsibilities such as assisting in the care giving of family members. I read an article in Time magazine recently showing the U.S. Census Bureau’s findings; that young adults are not leaving home because they are not in a position to support themselves. I remember when I turned 18 years old in 2000, not only was I able to support myself pretty well, but I was also able to go to school at the same time; while there was a little struggle, I was able to maintain myself. Times have changed greatly since...
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...specific disease patterns, unusual presentations of symptoms, and above all, unique communication and management challenges. This can make working with adolescents difficult. However, with the right skills, practising medicine with young people can be rewarding and fruitful. These skills are needed by everyone who works with young people in the course of their work. As a young person enters adolescence, their parents are still largely responsible for all aspects of their health. By the end of adolescence, health issues will be almost entirely the responsibility of the young person. The challenge is to maintain an effective clinical relationship while the health responsibilities transfer from the parents to the young person.person. Figure 1 Specialised clinical communication skills are needed to take an accurate history, bearing in mind new life domains not applicable to children (sex and drugs) and adding communication and engagement of the family to the standard adult consultation. Physical examinations of adolescents require consideration of privacy and personal integrity as well as requiring additional skills such as pubertal assessment. For effective treatment of illness in adolescence, doctors need to know about adolescent development if they are to manage adeptly issues of adherence (compliance), identity, consent and confidentiality, and relationships between young people and their families. Evidence...
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...growth, a period of separation from the past and a transition or journey forward to a new stage of life often involving a challenge to change and become new, to mature or move into a different period of growth. These times are celebrated with rituals or ceremonies that include whole communities. A mythologist named Joseph Campbell “put forward the idea of a threefold rite of passage called the monomyth”. He used it in hero roles in legends and myths to illustrate how it applies to humanity as well. A rite of passage included three parts, separation, initiation, and reintegration. It had to do with the coming of a time to separate oneself from family, friends, old ways, or an old life. It is a time when one separates themselves from everyday surroundings and society and takes a ‘sacred voyage’ or journey to a special place, a sacred place. This place is often where one endures hardships or tests that cause a person to think about all they have learned and have been and who they really are and intend to be. This stage is often called the initiation and is marked by a challenge or struggle. It is a time of overcoming, a time of accomplishment and at its end one emerges a changed person returning to their daily existence. They are reintegrated into society in a new way, a new person. An example of a rite of passage here in the United States among adolescents could be found in the Catholic Church practice of confirmation. In the Catholic Church, babies are baptized...
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...Transition to adult services for young people with disabilities:current evidence to guide future research DEBRA STEWART MSC OT REG 691 words The transition from adolescence to adulthood is an important developmental stage for all young people.1 This period of transition presents particular challenges for youth with disabilities, their families, their medical and rehabilitation teams, and the broader healthcare system.2,3 Young people with disabilities face numerous barriers in achieving autonomy and independence, and they often need support from their family and community to make a successful transition into the adult world.4,5Almost two decades of study indicate that young people with disabilities and chronic health conditions do not have the same outcomes as their peers on such important domains as health status, academic achievement, interpersonal relationships, community participation, and employment. During the transition to adulthood, young people with disabilities are transferred from child- and family-centred systems, such as school and pediatric rehabilitation centres, into adult systems6,8 The importance of adequate preparation for young people with chronic health conditions and disabilities as they move towards adulthood has been identified by a joint consensus statement on healthcare transitions released by three American professional bodies representing pediatricians, family physicians, and internists.2 Whereas earlier consensus statements focused on transition...
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...is most likely to engage in a process of Cultural borrowing that is disruptive of the reproduction of traditional cultural practices, from modes of dress to language, aesthetics and ideologies. From Japanese punk to Australian hip hop, youth subcultures are seen as being implicitly rebellious, born as much from a desire to reject the generation that went before them, as from an identification with what they have become. Exactly how accurate this widespread impression may be is difficult to assess. What is certain, however, is that the age of globalization, more than any other age before it, is an age that has both exerted great effects upon, and been greatly affected by, young people. Adolescents undergo the process of identity formation as one of their foremost development challenges. This paper addresses what role the mass media play in this process. One avenue of exploration would be to examine how the media can impact the adolescent’s perceptions of social reality, which could lead to the internalization of certain attitudes as the adolescent struggles to develop a stable core repertoire of attitudes, beliefs and values. BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY GLOBALIZATION Globalization, which also has been called global...
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...education is undeniable important for every single person. All people need to study. For young adults, it is definitely necessary for them to continue their tertiary education either in private colleges or universities after completed secondary education. However, there are quite a number of problems that young adults face in education today, particularly in the aspect of financial situation, pressures of studying and peer pressures. Definitely, financial condition turns out to be a major problem for young adults who wish to pursue their tertiary education in private colleges or universities nowadays. The expenses in such private colleges or universities are usually quite big in number because those expenses include tuition fees, resource fees, and examination fees and so on. For some young adults, they come from weaker sections of the society and the financial situation of their house is not good enough. If a young adult is not financially equipped, it may obstruct his or her study. Furthermore, some young adults who are already studying in colleges or universities might also need to do a part time job for their own pocket money. In such situation, they have to divide their time properly so that they can balance up their work and studies. Otherwise, they may not be able to concentrate in their study and fail in some particular subjects. In short, financial condition is one of the problems young adults face in education nowadays. College life is often a stressful time. Nowadays college...
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...The Fourth Demography Forum 6 and 7 May 2013 (Brussels) Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion The Fourth Demography Forum Table of Contents Introduction ...................................................................................................... 3 Opportunities for young adults ............................................................................ 4 Improving the work-life balance .......................................................................... 5 Enabling people to be active longer ...................................................................... 6 Successful inclusion of second-generation migrants ............................................... 7 Regions in rapid demographic and economic decline and inequalities within regions ... 8 Investing in Europe's demographic future - how the SIP will support the drive towards extending Europe's demographic dividend ............................................................ 9 Conclusions .....................................................................................................10 May 2013 2 Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion The Fourth Demography Forum Some 320 participants attended the Forum opened by Commissioner Andor. This report was drafted by the Forum organisers on the basis of the delivered speeches. Any possible errors or omissions are to be imputed to the Forum organisers Introduction In his welcoming speech, Commissioner Andor underlined our duty to...
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...have a standard health based on the physical environment and the social amenities. However, there are primary health concerns for the Hispanic population in the community which, among other issues such as health serve rendered to the population, will be discussed in this paper. Moreover, gaps in how health services are provided will be discussed, evidence-based strategies to bridge them explored and barriers to strategy implementation identified. Primary health concern for the vulnerable population There are various health issues that are associated with Hispanic community in the united states. These include the cancer as the leading cause of death, high rate of tobacco use, high rate of uncontrolled hypertension, obesity and unintentional injuries. However, obesity affects over 45% of the population aged over 20 years (CDC, 2017). This is the primary health concern of this population and it can be used to explain the high rate of unintentional injuries, diabetes, hypertension, heart diseases and cancer’s negative outcome...
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...Understanding Diversity to Create Successful Libraries A Review of Literature Veronica Espinoza SLIS 5000 Dr. O’Connor University of North Texas August 5, 2012 Abstract Within our country, the diverse users who visit libraries and seek information services from their librarians are many. Within the 21st century dynamic demographics are creating diverse communities which bring significant challenges in our library systems. In order to target the needs of diverse users, librarians and information professionals are taking on a multifaceted approach. This approach requires librarians to provide a variety of quality information services to diverse users while advocating diversity standards. The manner in which diverse users will be best served by librarians will fall upon the understanding and employment of four relevant criteria. The advocacy of successful programs and community support systems, diverse collection development, implementation of guidelines and legislation, and targeted diversity training for librarians and staff are all needed in order for librarians to adequately serve those diverse user population groups within their library communities. Introduction In the information field, librarians are taking important steps to stay relevant and effective to those users living in a 21st century environment who require information services. The makeup of users however, is a fluid reality...
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