FRHD 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Sexually Transmitted Infection, Low Birth Weight, Emerging Adulthood And Early Adulthood

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 1010
• Professor: Susan Chuang

Document Summary

Emerging adulthood: is a worldwide stage or process. Biologically, 18-25 are prime time for hard physical work and successful reproduction. Age 18-19: enrol in college or uni (79%) Age 28: woman"s first child (20% will not) Health does not change significantly in early adulthood. Every human body system, including the digestive, respiratory, circulatory, and sexual reproductive systems, function optimally at adulthood. Low birth weight, under nutrition in infancy, and rapid weight gain in childhood leads to shorter weight, reduced body functioning, and higher risk of disease in early adulthood. The sexual reproductive system is at its strongest during emerging adulthood. 29 is the average for the first birth in canada. Long term contraception is more effective than short term (pill, patch or ring). Failure rates are higher in adolesecents than emerging adulthood. Sexually transmitted diseases are on a rise world wide. Beginning in emerging adulthood, rates of hiv diagnosis\people living with hiv begins to increase.