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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Boyce, William F. (William Francis), 1949-

Davies, Diane, 1969-

Roche, Jennifer, 1968-

Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.). Social Program Evaluation Group.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teenagers--Health and hygiene--Government policy--Canada.

Teenagers.

Teenagers--Health and hygiene--Research--Canada.

Teenagers--Health and hygiene--Canada.

Youth--Health and hygiene--Government policy--Canada.

Youth.

Youth--Health and hygiene--Research--Canada.

Youth--Health and hygiene--Canada.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal : Published for the Social Program Evaluation Group, Queen's University by McGill-Queen's University Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

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.

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

Pt. 2. Key Examples of Adolescent Health Research and Policy

4. Socio-economic Status and the Health and Well-being of Youths in Canada / Lori J. Curtis

5. Health Promotion through School Improvement / Andy Anderson and William Boyce

6. Health and Well-being of Aboriginal Youths in Canada / Harriet MacMillan, Cornelia Wieman, Ellen Jamieson, Angus MacMillan and Christine Walsh

7. Sexuality and Reproductive Health in Adolescence: Policy Implications of Early Age of Sexual Debut / Roger S. Tonkin, Aileen Murphy and Colleen S. Poon

8. Substance Use: Harm Reduction and the Rights of the Canadian Adolescent / Christiane Poulin

9. Responding to Bullying and Harassment: An Issue of Rights / Debra Pepler and Wendy Craig

10. Injury and Youth: Scope of the Injury Problem and Implications for Policy / Trevor L. Strome and Louis Hugo Francescutti

Pt. 3. Policy Problems, Analysis, and Recommendations

11. Improvements to the Policy Process to Increase Use of Evidence: Research Translation Examined / William Boyce

12. Improvements to Research to Benefit Policy / William Boyce and Irving Rootman

13. Application of the Convention on the Rights of the Child to Adolescent Health Policy / Emily Boyce and William Boyce

14. Recommendations for Developing Adolescent Health Policy / William Boyce.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-86620-6

9786612866203

0-7735-7573-1

OCLC:

923234644