Adolescent health in Asia: insights from India
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Mona M. Basker
Abstract
Adolescents living in the Indian subcontinent form a significant proportion of the general population. India is home to 236 million adolescents, who make up one-fifth of the total population of India. Adolescent health is gradually considered an important issue by the government of India. Awareness is increasing about adolescent needs. Health care professionals in particular are becoming more interested in the specific needs of adolescent age. Adolescent medicine as a subspecialty of pediatrics has also gained importance gradually over the last decade. In a hospital setting, adolescent-specific needs are met, albeit not in a uniform manner in all the health centers. After having been trained in adolescent medicine in India and abroad, I present this paper as a bird’s eye view of the practice of adolescent health and medicine in India.
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Editorials
- Adolescent health and medicine: a global perspective on training adolescent health professionals
- Adolescent medicine and health: a good investment
- Reviews
- The status of adolescent medicine: building a global adolescent workforce
- Accreditation of Adolescent Medicine as a pediatric sub-specialty: the Canadian experience and lessons learned
- Adolescent and young adult medicine in Australia and New Zealand: towards specialist accreditation
- The foundations of interdisciplinary fellowship training in adolescent medicine in the United States
- A different training model for adolescent medicine: a PhD program in Turkey, where adolescent medicine is not currently a sub-specialty at this stage
- LEAH interdisciplinary training program
- The globalization of training in adolescent health and medicine: one size does not fit all
- Opportunities and challenges in adolescent health training abroad: trainees’ experience and perspective
- Training international medical graduate clinical fellows: the challenges and opportunities for adolescent medicine programs
- Adolescent health in South America
- Adolescent health care education and training: insights from Israel
- Adolescent health in Asia: insights from Singapore
- Adolescent health in Asia: insights from Thailand
- Adolescent health in Asia: insights from India
- Adolescent health in the Caribbean region: insights from the Jamaican experience
- The health of Swiss adolescents and its implications for training of health professionals in Switzerland
- The role of Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine in training of health professionals
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Editorials
- Adolescent health and medicine: a global perspective on training adolescent health professionals
- Adolescent medicine and health: a good investment
- Reviews
- The status of adolescent medicine: building a global adolescent workforce
- Accreditation of Adolescent Medicine as a pediatric sub-specialty: the Canadian experience and lessons learned
- Adolescent and young adult medicine in Australia and New Zealand: towards specialist accreditation
- The foundations of interdisciplinary fellowship training in adolescent medicine in the United States
- A different training model for adolescent medicine: a PhD program in Turkey, where adolescent medicine is not currently a sub-specialty at this stage
- LEAH interdisciplinary training program
- The globalization of training in adolescent health and medicine: one size does not fit all
- Opportunities and challenges in adolescent health training abroad: trainees’ experience and perspective
- Training international medical graduate clinical fellows: the challenges and opportunities for adolescent medicine programs
- Adolescent health in South America
- Adolescent health care education and training: insights from Israel
- Adolescent health in Asia: insights from Singapore
- Adolescent health in Asia: insights from Thailand
- Adolescent health in Asia: insights from India
- Adolescent health in the Caribbean region: insights from the Jamaican experience
- The health of Swiss adolescents and its implications for training of health professionals in Switzerland
- The role of Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine in training of health professionals
