| Description |
1 online resource (425 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Foreword; Introduction; 1 -- Adolescent Health and Health-Risk Behaviors; 2 -- Theoretical Approaches to Adolescent Health and Health-Risk Behavior; 3 -- Adolescent Development; 4 -- Theories of Self: Identity and Self-Care; 5 -- Theories of Stress and Coping; 6 -- Risk, Vulnerability, and Problem Behavior; 7 -- Conceptualizations of Resilience and Protection; 8 -- Theories of Social Cognition; 9 -- Health Belief and Health-Promotion Models; 10 -- Theories of Decision Making and Behavior Change; 11 -- Qualitative Approaches to Knowledge Development |
| Summary |
Adolescent Health is a survey textbook that includes an overview of existing theories and current research on interventions that address the social morbidities and mortalities of adolescents. Author Lynn Rew examines theories from a variety of professional disciplines that provide frameworks for understanding adolescent health behavior and health outcomes. Each theory is presented in terms of its essential elements, including its origin, a brief background of the theorist's philosophical paradigm, the purpose and usefulness of the theory, the meaning and scope of the theory, and, when avail |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Youth -- Health and hygiene -- United States
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Teenagers -- Health and hygiene -- United States
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Health behavior in adolescence -- United States
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Health behavior in adolescence
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Teenagers -- Health and hygiene
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Youth -- Health and hygiene
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781452264448 |
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1452264449 |
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