Adolescent Health Promotion interests me because it puts practical application to what I have been learning in my other classes within the Maternal Child Health program. Adolescents are a unique community, no longer children and not yet adults, and they have special health needs. My hope is that this course will allow me firsthand to capture this population in a health promotion intervention. I am hoping to get practice communicating with and directing young people. This course will contribute to my career by giving me an opportunity for mentored practice in addressing adolescence. This course will also ensure that I introduce myself into at least one current program that specifically targets adolescents building networks for future career. I can admit that I have not personally or professionally had to deal with adolescents since I was in fact an adolescent, and in some ways that intimidates me. The good news is however that being 24 years old I am not removed from this population by too many years. I feel that my age and own unique personal experiences will allow me to excel in adolescent health promotion because these teens will be able to relate with me. As an athlete, a women, a minority, and someone who has experienced firsthand the implications of adolescent alcohol and drug use, sexual activity, and violence, I feel like I can be a strong and credible motivating force for these young people.
- Andrea
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