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Promoting teen health : linking schools, health organizations, and community / edited by Alan Henderson and Sally Champlin with William Evashwick.
Holman Biotech Commons RA564.5 .P736 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Teenagers--Health and hygiene--United States.
- Teenagers.
- Teenagers--Health and hygiene.
- Health education.
- Planning.
- United States.
- Health education--United States--Planning.
- Health promotion--United States.
- Health promotion.
- Adolescent Behavior.
- Adolescent Health Services.
- Health Education.
- Health Promotion.
- Medical Subjects:
- Adolescent Behavior.
- United States.
- Adolescent Health Services.
- Health Education.
- Health Promotion.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 272 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, [1998]
- Summary:
- This book demonstrates how some of the most serious problems and dangers confronting teenagers today - tobacco, alcohol, substance abuse, pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, mental health problems and youth violence - can be addressed through health promotion and education.
- Contents:
- Overview of teen health
- Tobacco use
- Alcohol and other drug use
- Sexual behaviors contributing to STDs, HIV, and AIDS
- Sexual behaviors contributing to teen pregnancy
- Violence
- Unintentional injuries
- Emotional health and eating disorders
- Factors affecting teen health behaviors
- Conclusion
- References.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0761902759
- 0761902767
- OCLC:
- 38249681
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