2007 CAPA Annual Conference

Teenology – The Science of Adolescent Health Care &
Lunch Lecture Adolescent Health Issues: The Top Teen List

Date: 10/06/07
Time: 9:40 a.m. – 10:40 a.m. in Smoketree A-E and Lunch Lecture at 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom
Facility: Palm Springs Convention Center
Location:  See above

Speaker(s): Rod Moser, PA, Ph.D.; Sutter Roseville Pediatrics, Founding President, CAPA

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this two part lecture, participants will be able to:

• Understand the biological and psychological developmental processes that occur during adolescence and puberty.
• Identify major health concerns affecting adolescents in both the domestic and international domains.
• Frame major health concerns affecting adolescents within a conceptual framework to understand their key determinates that include risk and protective factors within the biological, social, cultural, behavioral, political and environmental domains.
• Analyze major health concerns affecting adolescents in an effort to recommend effective interventions to improve the health of adolescents.
• Explore major causes of morbidity and mortality in depth and to understand the interplay of key risk and protective factors as they relate to these issues (e.g. pregnancy, violence).
• Create a poster presentation on a major health concern affecting adolescents, which includes creating a poster for visual display and a brief written presentation similar to those conducted at professional conferences.
• Demonstrate critical and analytical thinking by preparing a written report on a major health concern affecting adolescents that includes a description of the magnitude of the concern, a conceptual framework and a recommended intervention.