Karki C
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Kathmandu Medical College, Kathmandu.
Kathmandu Univ Med J (KUMJ). 2004 Oct-Dec;2(4):324-30.
Adolescents are the individuals between the ages of 10 and 19 years and the youth are those between the ages of 15 to 24 years. World Health Organisation has therefore defined young people as individuals between the age group of 10 to 24 years. In our country Adolescents comprise more than one fifth (22%) of the total population. Therefore Family Health Division, Ministry of Health, established an adolescent friendly centre at Bir Hospital on 5th January 2002. This paper has tried to study and analyse the young population attending this centre at a fixed period of time. This study was carried out to a. Find out the total number of adolescents. b. Estimate their male: female ratio. c. Find out their ethnicity, address, marital status, education, and occupation d. Learn what Health and Development problems these young people have. This is a cross sectional study done at Bir Hospital adolescent friendly centre for a period of one year. All young people (adolescents and youths) coming to this centre within the specified period are included in this study. OPD register was used to collect the data, which was obtained and analysed manually. Total of 956 young people were provided healthcare and counselling services from this centre. Out of them, only 9.21 % were males. 887 (92.78%) of this population are adolescents, 69 (7.22%) are from 19 to 24 years age group and 880 (92.05%) of them are youth. Majority (28.56%) were Brahmins. 313 (32.74%) of these people were from outside the valley. 9 (10.23%) out of 88 boys and 384 (79.34%) out of 484 girls were married. 1.14% of boys and 14.63% of girls were illiterate. 4.55% of boys and 14.17% of girls had not completed the studies of standard five. 17.05% of boys and 47% of girls had not completed their school. 81.82% of boys and 38.36% of girls had joined the college. It also showed that 521 (54.50%) of these young people are students but 35.94% of girls are housewives. 278 (32.03%) girls presented with menstrual problems and 22.12% (192) came with pregnancy related problems and 15.27 % of these young people presented with the symptoms of various infections Twenty six (3%) girls came with features of anaemia and 22 (2.53%) girls had dropped in for family planning services. 20 (2.09%) of these young people had some psychological problem (mainly anxiety) and 9.62% of them had various types of skin problems. Adolescent friendly centre can play a vital role to support and help a good number of adolescents of the society. Key words: Adolescents, youths, and young people.
青少年是指年龄在10至19岁之间的个体，青年是指年龄在15至24岁之间的个体。因此，世界卫生组织将年轻人定义为年龄在10至24岁之间的个体。在我国，青少年占总人口的五分之一以上（22%）。因此，卫生部家庭健康司于2002年1月5日在比尔医院设立了一个青少年友好中心。本文试图对在固定时间段内到该中心就诊的年轻人群进行研究和分析。开展这项研究的目的是：a. 查明青少年的总数。b. 估算他们的男女比例。c. 查明他们的种族、住址、婚姻状况、教育程度和职业。d. 了解这些年轻人存在哪些健康和发展问题。这是一项在比尔医院青少年友好中心进行的为期一年的横断面研究。在规定时间段内到该中心就诊的所有年轻人（青少年和青年）都被纳入本研究。通过门诊部登记册收集数据，并手动获取和分析这些数据。该中心共为956名年轻人提供了医疗保健和咨询服务。其中，男性仅占9.21%。该人群中887人（92.78%）是青少年，69人（7.22%）来自19至24岁年龄组，其中880人（92.05%）是青年。大多数人（28.56%）是婆罗门。这些人中有313人（32.74%）来自山谷以外地区。88名男孩中有9人（10.23%）已婚，484名女孩中有384人（79.34%）已婚。男孩中有1.14%是文盲，女孩中有14.63%是文盲。男孩中有4.55%未完成五年级学业，女孩中有14.17%未完成五年级学业。男孩中有17.05%未完成学业，女孩中有47%未完成学业。男孩中有81.82%上了大学，女孩中有38.36%上了大学。研究还表明，这些年轻人中有521人（54.50%）是学生，但女孩中有35.94%是家庭主妇。278名女孩（32.03%）出现月经问题，22.12%（192人）出现与怀孕相关的问题，这些年轻人中有15.27%出现各种感染症状。26名女孩（3%）有贫血症状，22名女孩（2.53%）前来寻求计划生育服务。这些年轻人中有20人（2.09%）有一些心理问题（主要是焦虑），9.62%有各种皮肤问题。青少年友好中心可以在支持和帮助社会上大量青少年方面发挥至关重要的作用。关键词：青少年、青年和年轻人。
