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Promoting the health of adolescents : new directions for the twenty-first century
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Chronic diseases and premature death can often be linked to social, environmental, and behavioral factors that are subject to modification, especially during adolescence when many habits--both good...
Chronic diseases and premature death can often be linked to social, environmental, and behavioral factors that are subject to modification, especially during adolescence when many habits--both good and bad--are formed. In order to effectively encourage good health-related behaviors among adolescents, health providers need an integrated understanding of the many factors involved. This volume fills that need by providing the most comprehensive, up-to-date review of the pertinent issues, including in-depth discussions on adolescent sexuality, substance abuse, the future of adolescent health promo
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- Creator
- editors Susan G. Millstein, Anne C. Petersen, Elena O. Nightingale
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- 1st ed
- New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023
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- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (418 p.)
- ISBNs
- 0197736572, 1280441755, 0198023863, 9786610441754, 1423736869, 0195357906, 1601299982, 0195074548, 0195091884
- OCLC
- ocn475956748, on1406785901
- Previously issued in print: 1993.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- English
- Contents; Contributors; 1. Adolescent Heath Promotion: Rationale, Goals, and Objectives; 2. Adolescent Development: Health Risks and Opportunities for Health Promotion; 3. The Influence of Economic Factors on Health-Related Behaviors in Adolescents; 4. Health Promotion for Minority Adolescents: Cultural Considerations; 5. The Social World of Adolescents: Families, Peers, Schools, and the Community; 6. A View of Health from the Adolescent's Perspective; 7. Health-Enhancing and Health-Compromising Lifestyles; 8. Promoting Positive Mental Health during Adolescence
- 9. ""Sex Is a Gamble, Kissing Is a Game"": Adolescent Sexuality and Health Promotion10. Promoting Healthful Diet and Physical Activity; 11. Promoting Oral Health in Adolescents; 12. Promoting Healthy Alternatives to Substance Abuse; 13. The Control of Violence and the Promotion of Nonviolence in Adolescents; 14. Promoting Safety in Adolescents; 15. From Causal Description to Causal Explanation: Improving Three Already Good Evaluations of Adolescent Health Programs; 16. Adolescent Health Promotion in the Twenty-first Century: Current Frontiers and Future Directions; Index