PFRH 626 ADOLESCENT HEALTH POLICIES AND PROGRAMMES

This course examines adolescent health policies and evidence-based programmes that improve the general health and wellbeing of adolescents. It is designed to enable students familiarize themselves with the contents of various national and international youth policies and programmes. Students will discuss and critique various adolescent policy documents and evaluate adolescent health programmes using evidence-based research. Topics to be covered include epidemiology of adolescent health, adolescent risk behaviours, theoretical and empirical approaches to exploring adolescent health problems. This course provides an opportunity for students to link theory, research, practice and adolescent health policies/programmes to determine gaps and devise intervention strategies.