1. The data available about adolescents in important areas are limited, detailed investigation and report on adolescents are necessary to identify the felt needs of the adolescents. Research on Adolescent health problems will be conducted to create state-wise reports across India.
2. Creating awareness among the adolescents about the significance and the need of the services and motivating them to avail the services. Adolescents and their parents will be educated regarding the nutritional requirements and to adapt diet appropriate for age.
3. Promoting age-appropriate sex education with abuse prevention skills at schools and colleges and in the community by peer education to bridge the knowledge gap in adolescents.
4. “Clinic for Adolescents” has to be set up to deliver services at the time and date of their convenience. Health workers of same-gender should address the problem of boys and girls separately. Routine screening of adolescents for all the health problems, and their risk factors by creating a standardized protocol and the services required can be provided.
5. Providing Mental health services at Clinic for Adolescents to reduce psychological disorders, social misbehavior and sexual abuse. Educating parents to develop a positive and encouraging attitude to improve the quality of relationships with their children to ensure a safe, secure and appropriate environment.
6. Online consultation and counseling will be provided. It will be accessible and give a feel of security and confidentiality for the adolescent population. Counseling with well-trained clinical physiologists under the guidance of psychiatrists and parents/elders of the family will be involved in home-based counseling.
7. Emotional wellness counseling for LGBTQ adolescents and family members to create a supportive environment.
8. To provide Career guidance for LGBTQ adolescents and also to create positive peer pressure and motivate them to build a successful career.
9. Encouraging community participation in mobilizing adolescents to build life skills and to take an active part in community programs.
10. Take steps to delay the age of marriage through advocacy, counseling and strict enforcement of the law. Adults should also be educated to prevent early marriage, teenage pregnancy and its complications.
Conclusion: To achieve wholesome adolescent health, we need to have a multidimensional approach covering all the adolescent health problems with special emphasis on mental health, BCC towards a healthy lifestyle and a positive social environment to acquire life skills. Clinic for Adolescents to be widely established throughout India, through that, with a structured screening tool for adolescents, screening of adolescents on regular basis could be effective in controlling the existing disease and to update occurrence of any new risk factors/diseases. Empowering and involving adolescents in decisions that affect them and facilitate them with every opportunity for developing into successful adults. Offering such opportunities to the growing children gives them a chance to build a safe, happy, healthy and productive nation in the future.
