Health Issues and Measures to Overcome: A Study on Young Adolescent Females

This report highlights the health issues faced by young adolescent females and suggests measures to overcome them. It discusses physical, mental, and social problems and provides recommendations for maintaining good health.

Healthcare Essay

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
BACKGROUND.............................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Being healthy should be part of living healthy lifestyle in overall sense. The proper well-
being should be maintained to lead the good and successful life. The maintenance of good health
is primary to self happiness which helps to contribute significantly to economic well- being of
society and family. The healthy and fit population results to the economic progress and increased
productivity of nation also (Diarbakerli and et. al., 2019). Living healthy life means eating
balanced diet and exercising in a optimum mix as required. Nowadays, with the busy schedules
and lifestyle maintaining good health should be the primary concern. When the person is being
fit and healthy it adds to the increased self-confidence also which enhances the doing capacity to
work efficiently and effectively. The aim of this report is to highlight the health issues and
measures to overcome the issues being faced by an young adolescent female. As, the fit
teenagers build the block of the nations and there heath should be the main motive of any nation.
BACKGROUND
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), 1948 the 'Health' is being defined
as the, the holistic maintenance of physical, mental and social health and absence of any disease
is referred to the healthy person. The complete well-being of an individual refers in terms of
complete mental, emotional and psychological well-being is referred to the healthy state. For
living an healthy life the interaction between the physical, social and emotional state be
balanced. The main problem is being faced by the young females which are aged between (20-30
years). This aged group female faces many problems due to their lifestyle patterns (Mansouri and
et. al., 2020). Furthermore, in this report in detail the problems being faced by them and
suggestive measures to overcome are being highlighted.
MAIN BODY
The health and well-being of an young girl determines the structure and direction of the
modern world. As, the young female so identified above for investigation is responsible for the
development of future generation later on. The proper health leads to the inculcation of future
healthy generations. The problems being faced by the females are as follows;
The Physical Problems faced by an female in UK:
Physical Problems faced by an female in UK consists of several issues like Sexual and
Reproductive health. The issue involves unwanted pregnancy of female which sometime are

unintentional, such issue takes a scene of high blood pressure, various infections, prolonged
labour, etc. which affects the physical health of females (Minor, Ali and Rizzo, 2016). Female
genital mutilation leads females to compromise with their physical health, approx 200 million
girls suffers this issue every year and sometimes loss their life. Physical abuse of females,
compulsion sex, mal nutrition, etc. are major reasons for physical health problems of an female
in UK. Several disorders such as Anorexia and Bulimia leads females to face severe physical
health problems and sometimes even brings a thought of suicide. The young females in this age
feels to look good and young in that case they start using certain chemical products which leads
to the smoking, use of alcohol and steroids leads to the Osteoporosis, which is the weakness of
the bones and muscles (Naftaly and Greenley, 2019) The vaginal and Urinary diseases are also
faced by an female due to lack of hygiene maintenance. The irregular mensuration and not taking
proper diet causes the ovary infection and breast infection also. The young females are in phobia
to eat less due to which the intake of proper and advisable nutritional facts is being lead which
leads to reduced immunity and getting attracted to community disease more easily.
The Mental problems faced by a female in UK:
Problems such as depression, anxiety, emotional strain, insecure housing, unemployment
are some of the issues which creates a mental problem in females and disturbs the mental
happiness and peace. Out of total number of suicides in UK, 25 percent accounts for female
suicide due to mental problem. The ratio of mental problem in case of females is increasing
continuously year by year and is high in comparison to men in UK. In young age when the
females don't' get that attention and praise on social media, colleges mates and at employment it
results in the behavioural change and hyper anxiety issues. The problem which is faced by the
young females is of success in career and not getting that acceptance from the family in terms of
independence these all factors lead to increased and affected emotional state. Talking, in
particular about the lower class, the girls are married at very young age when they are not
mentally prepared and then burden of conceiving which is not allowed by hormones creates the
mental burden (Patel and et. al., 2020).
The Social Problem faced by a young female in UK:
The Social problems are related to issues which prevail and origins from the society or
nearby surrounding. Poverty, Low status jobs, less income as compared to men, gender biases,

are some of the major problems which UK female suffers with. Social problems to females cause
less participation of women in society responsibilities, less initiative towards getting education,
etc. The problems did not frees females to walk and live according to them rather needs to think
for the society first then for self. This issue brings feeling of differentiation among female and
does not gives strength to grow and to come forward for their rights. This all affect the well-
being of young females.
There are many problems which are being faced by the young female and due proper care
needs to be given to address and diagnose these problems at an early stage. As, the identification
of these facts helps in overcoming it more efficiently.

Figure 1:Pubic Health Matters,2018
The suggestive measures to overcome these problems are as follows;
The problems beings faced by the young females needs strong awareness and
implementation of these steps. The proper education should be imparted to the girl child from
birth. The stricter rules and follow up programmes needs to be developed in order to implement

these steps. The primary education should be made affordable and should have access to
everyone. The UK education is being one of the most costly structure due to which the education
is divided unequally (Selig and et. al., 2020). Therefore, the elementary and primary education
should be made accessible. With the impart of education to everyone the illiteracy issue can be
solved. The gender differentiation followed from ages has set the mentality of young females
that they are unwanted. This will help in bridging the gender inequality issue also. The gender
bias needs to eliminate from the system for development of strong society.
The Government and parents need to be more aware of the behavioural and thinking
pattern change in a girl child. The parents should impart the girls with the basic hygiene and
cleanliness knowledge to make them aware of the lack of this aspect for future. The diet intake
should be proper focus at this age, as the proper mix between the eating and physical activity
needs to be solved. The intake of uncontrollable level of tobacco, drugs and alcohol is taken at an
extreme level which impacts the health. Therefore, the families should always share that cordial
relation with the child in which they can warn them against the use of high levels of such
products. The proper attention should be provided to them which will make them share their
things and to lighten their emotional burden.
According to the Public Health England, the young females should cut on carbohydrates
and sweetened things. The processed food should be avoided and consumption of alcohol should
also to be a specified limit. The intake of proper water, fruits, salads, milk, vegetables and
proteins should be taken. The working young females let the proper intake of diet which further
leads to weaken immune system. As, specified by the Government of UK, the Physical inactivity
is responsible for one in six UK deaths and is estimated to cost the nation largely. The
Government specified that now youngsters are very lazy as compared to the previous generations
till 1960's. The proper physical activity schedule should be followed by the females in order to
overcome their future problems. The proper exercise and meditation lead to overcome the
depression and increases the calmness which is needed most by the females. The obesity, mental
and menstrual problems these all can be addressed by the physical activity. The diabetes, heart
and breast cancer can be minimised to a large extent.

Figure 2Public Health England
The specified physical activity will help diagnose the depression and obesity which is
most commonly found in Today’s females. The intake of salt and refined and packaged food
should also be cut down. As, the lifestyle in UK toady promotes more ready to eat packaged
food, which should be cut down to an extent to live an healthy life. The proper mix between the
nutrients, vitamins and proteins should be balanced to love a healthy life. The sexual education
should be part of curriculum in colleges so that the young females should know the proper
information and can take various precautions also (Torre and et. al., 2019). The colleges and
offices should organise the health screening drives to ensure the health and fitness of the
employees and students respectively.
The Health Screening refers to the diagnosis of the problem or condition at an early stage only.
It refers to the undertaking the specified test according to the set criteria for every age group.
This helps in effective treatment by identification of any symptom and undertaking the treatment
efficiently. The benefits of undertaking health screening area as follows;
The management of any disease identification can be treated at an early stage. Theses test
help in identifying any family disease or identifying any symptoms and based on that the
treatment is planned. This screening helps in scanning whole body functions and if an
abnormality is faced the health plan be planned to overcome that. For the young female aged

under 30 it is advisable to undergo the health test in 2 years. The commonly planned test for
young females which should be undertaken are Blood Pressure, Cholesterol, HIV test or
infectious disease screening, Colorectal cancer screening, Pelvic exam and general dental and
eye examinations (Wainstock and et. al., 2019). The pelvic test helps in identifying the risk of
cervical cancer which is high in young females. Theses general health test should be undertaken
to avoid any risk which will help in diagnosing it an early stage.
The proper due care must be given to the health. The health institutions and Government
should work in conjunction to organise the health drives which undertakes the basic health
check-up which helps in ensuring the health level of people in society. The young females should
be the major concern as they are responsible for maintaining the healthy society largely. They are
shouldered with the maintenance of current family and inculcating those practices for the future
generation also.
CONCLUSION
Based on above findings it is recommended to maintain the health as primary concern.
The health and well-being should be the concern for everyone in their life. The young females
are at higher risk of getting many diseases because of their lifestyle patterns. Therefore, the
proper healthy lifestyle should be maintained by making optimum mix of balanced diet and
physical exercise. The proper care must be given to the certain test to be followed in every 2 year
to identify any disease for young females. There should be proper interaction between the
physical, social and mental health to live a sound life. The government should plan certain health
awareness drives to motivate the youth to maintain their concern towards being healthy. The
proper weight, blood pressure levels should be maintained as specified according to every age
group.

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Online Sourcing
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Public Health England, 2021 [Online] Available through <
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