Title Adolescent health : policy, science, and human rights / edited by William Boyce, Jennifer Roche and Diane Davies

Published Montreal [Que.] : Published for the Social Program Evaluation Group, Queen's University by McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2009 (Saint-Lazare, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, 2010)

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 289 pages) Contents pt. 1. Introduction -- 1. Background to Health Policy-making / William Boyce -- 2. Principled Policy-making: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child / Emily Boyce -- 3. Evidence-based Policy-making: Adolescent Health Research / Irving Rootman and William Boyce Summary Current policy initiatives that address the health of youth, a group where more than one set of developmental standards may apply, often are based on conflicting evidence. At the same time, the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child has provided an over-arching ethical framework with the goal of ensuring that all children and youth have equal human rights, regardless of their personal or family circumstances. How do these approaches coincide and are they working? In Adolescent Health a contemporary setting is used to illustrate the intersection of evidence and ethics in policy making. Individual chapters describe the social determinants of youth health (chronic conditions, ethnicity, family income, school and peer relationships) and youth health behaviours and outcomes (substance use, violence, sexual and physical activity). Within this broad landscape of youth health issues, the authors apply the human rights principles of the Convention to their research to illustrate the often competing frameworks of evidence and ethics. The underlying question is whether social policy, in the real world, depends on science or human rights. Current knowledge translation practices are examined to detect the pathway most likely to influence youth health policy Analysis JSTOR-DDA Teenagers Health and hygiene Canada Youth Health and hygiene Canada Teenagers Health and hygiene Government policy Canada Youth Health and hygiene Government policy Canada Teenagers Health and hygiene Research Canada Youth Health and hygiene Research Canada Multi-User Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Subject Teenagers -- Health and hygiene -- Canada Youth -- Health and hygiene -- Canada Teenagers -- Health and hygiene -- Government policy -- Canada Youth -- Health and hygiene -- Government policy -- Canada Teenagers -- Health and hygiene -- Research -- Canada Youth -- Health and hygiene -- Research -- Canada Medical policy. Human rights. Health Policy Policy Making Adolescent Health Status Human Rights HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General. HEALTH & FITNESS -- Health Care Issues. MEDICAL -- Diseases. MEDICAL -- Health Care Delivery. MEDICAL -- Health Policy. MEDICAL -- Public Health. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Disease & Health Issues. Medical policy Human rights Teenagers -- Health and hygiene Teenagers -- Health and hygiene -- Government policy Youth -- Health and hygiene Youth -- Health and hygiene -- Government policy SUBJECT Canada Subject Canada Form Electronic book Author Boyce, William F. (William Francis), 1949- Roche, Jennifer, 1968- Davies, Diane, 1969- Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.). Social Program Evaluation Group. ISBN 9780773575738 0773575731 1282866206 9781282866201 9786612866203 6612866209

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