A STUDY TO SCREEN PHYSICAL HEALTH AND PSYCHOSOCIAL ISSUES AMONG YOUNG ADOLESCENTS IN AMRITSAR AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH GENDER

Abstract

Background: India being the land for almost one fth of the adolescents of the world, there is the need for gauging their physical, psychosocial and mental health status for their better upbringing. To assess the physical, Objectives: psychosocial and mental health of the young adolescents. A cross sectional study in 2 randomly select Methodology: ed schools of urban and rural areas located near Government Medical College (GMC), Amritsar was done in young adolescents of age group 10 to 14years. Adolescents of this age group attending OPD at Department of Pediatrics, GMC, Amritsar were also included. Out of 500 yo Result: ung adolescents interviewed, 22% often had doubts about their weight or height being less or more while almost one third of the participants (32.8%) sometimes felt so. 18.2% of the participants were often inuenced by the friends for bunking or teasing others while 12.8% felt the same only sometimes.19% of the respondents often had difculty in concentrating on the studies or work while it was experienced sometimes only by 26.2% of them. More than half of the participants (56.8%) didn't exercise at all or played any outdoor games. Adolescence bein Conclusion: g a very crucial stage of life, regular physical health checkups and counseling sessions are the need of the hour for their healthy and bright future.