Adolescent health: understanding and preventing risk behaviors

Adolescent Health: Understanding and Preventing Risk Behaviors covers developmental and health problems unique to the adolescent period of life. Its focus on special needs and public health programs for adolescents offers deep insight into problems such as smoking, violence, teen pregnancy, AIDS and other problems. It includes important theoretical models for developing interventions and offers prevention strategies for each risk behavior as well as a descriptionof effective treatment modalities. Drawing on the leading experts in the field, this text covers smoking, violence, teen pregnancy, and AIDS. Also described are important theoretical models for developing interventions; prevention strategies; and effective treatment modalities INDICE: Foreword, Joy Dryfoos PART I. FOUNDATIONS AND THEORY IN ADOLESCENTHEALTH RISK BEHAVIOR; Chapter 1: Adolescents At-Risk: A Generation in Jeopardy, Richard A. Crosby, PhD, John S. Santelli, MD, MPH, Ralph J. DiClemente, PhD; Chapter 2: Trends in Adolescent and Young Adult Morbidity and Mortality, Frederick P. Rivara, MD, MPH, M. Jane Park, MPH, Charles E. Irwin, Jr, MD; Chapter 3: Theories of Adolescent Risk-taking: The Biopsychosocial Model, Charles E.Irwin, Jr, MD, Jessica Sales, PhD; Chapter 4: Resilience in Adolescence, Lynne Michael Blum, MA, PhD and Robert Wm. Blum, MD, MPH, PhD; Chapter 5: Theoriesof Adolescent Decision Making, Julie Downs, PhD and Baruch Fishcoff, PhD; Chapter 6: Biological Underpinnings of Adolescent Development, Elizabeth A. Shirtcliff, PhD; Chapter 7: Positive Youth Development: Contemporary Theoretical Perspectives, Richard M. Lerner, PhD, Mona Abo-Zena, EdM, Neda Bebiroglu, MA, Aerika Brittian, MA, Alicia D. Lynch, MA, Sonia Issac, MA PART II. PREVENTING KEY HEALTH RISK BEHAVIORS; Chapter 8: Tobacco Use and Adolescent Health, RichardR. Clayton, PhD, Crystal A. Caudill, MPH, Melissa J.H. Segress, MS; Chapter 9: Understanding and Preventing Risks for Adolescent Obesity, Mary Ann Pentz, PhD; Chapter 10: Adolescent Alcohol Use, Michael Windle, PhD and Rebecca C. Windle, MSW; Chapter 11: Substance Use, Geri Donenberg, PhD; Chapter 12: Adolescent Violence: Risk, Resilience, and Prevention, Sarah Kretman, MEd, Marc A. Zimmerman, PhD, Susan Morrel-Samuels, MA, MPH, Darrell Hudson, MPH; Chapter 13: Prevention of Suicidal Behavior During Adolescence, Anthony Spirito, PhD and Quetzalcoat Hernandez-Cervantes, PhD; Chapter 14: Unintentional Injury, David Sleet, PhD; Chapter 15: Sexually Transmitted Disease Transmission and Pregnancy among Adolescents, Laura F. Salazar, PhD, John Santelli, MD, MPH, Richard A. Crosby, PhD, Ralph J. DiClemente, PhD Douglas Kirby, PhD,; Chapter 16: Interventions to Prevent Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Diseases, including HIV Infection, Douglas Kirby, PhD, Richard A. Crosby, PhD, John Santelli, MD, MPH, Ralph J. DiClemente, PhD PART III. POPULATIONS, POLICY AND PREVENTION STRATEGIES; Chapter 17: Incarcerated and Delinquent Youth, Nicholas Freudenberg, DrPH; Chapter 18: Depression and Sexual Risk Behavior in Adolescents, Lydia A. Shrier, MD, MPH; Chapter 19: Connectedness in the Lives of Adolescents, Debra H. Bernat, PhD and Michael D. Resnick, PhD; Chapter 20: Family Influences on Adolescent Health, Susan Davies, PhD, MPH, Richard A. Crosby, PhD, Ralph J. DiClemente, PhD, Chapter 21: Media Exposure and Impact on Adolescents Health Behavior,Victor C Strasburger, MD and Marjorie J Hogan, MD; Chapter 22: Technological Advances in Modifying Adolescent Health Risk Behaviors, Natalie C. Kaiser, MA,Jason E. Owen, PhD, MPH, Andrew Winzelberg, PhD, Chapter 23: Measuring Adolescent Health Behaviors, Renee E. Sieving, PhD, RN and Lydia A. Shrier, MD, MPH;Chapter 24: Brief Motivational Interventions for Adolescent Health Promotion,in Clinical Settings, Mary Rojas, PhD, Debra Braun, MD, Anne Nucci-Sack, MD, Angela Diaz, MD, MPH, Chapter 25: Health Policy Approaches to Reduce Adolescent Risk Behavior and, Adverse Health Outcomes, David Altman, PhD, Heather Champion, PhD, Erin L. Sutfin, PhD, Chapter 26: Legal and Ethical Issues in Adolescent Research and Treatment, Abigail English, JD, John Santelli, MD, MPH and Audrey Rogers, PhD; Chapter 27: Adolescent Risk Behaviors and Adverse Health Outcomes: Future Directions for Research, Practice, and Policy, Ralph J. DiClemente, PhD, Richard A. Crosby, PhD, John S. Santelli, MD, MPH

• ISBN: 978-0-470-17676-4
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 608
• Fecha Publicación: 09/06/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés