Health education [electronic resource] : Volume 107, Number 6, Thinking positive : the importance of resilience and listening to children and young people / guest editors: Professor Don Stewart and Dr. Jenny McWhirter.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McWhirter, Jenny (Research associate)

Stewart, Don.

Series:

Health Education - Volume 107, Issue 6

Health education ; 107, no. 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communication in medicine.

Health education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (121 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bradford : Emerald Insight, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This e-book is dedicated to the memory of Noreen Whetton. The papers in this e-book discuss the resilient school approach, and the child focused approach of Noreen Whetton in her work in health education on understanding children and young people. Resilience is a life event phenomenon that buffers against circumstances that normally overwhelm a person's coping capacity. It is linked with ""coherence"", or the ability to handle stress-related problems, ""connectedness"" and the ecological model encompassing a lifespan approach, within key settings that influence the individual's psychosocial de

Contents:

Cover; CONTENTS; EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; Thinking positive; Health-promoting school indicators: schematic models from students; Childrens', parents' and teachers' perceptions of child wellbeing; Promoting school connectedness through whole school approaches; A resilience framework: perspectives for educators; How effective is the health-promoting school approach in building social capital in primary schools?; Development of population-based resilience measures in the primary school setting; Internet review; Note from the publisher

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-281-14355-3

9786611143558

1-84663-661-2

OCLC:

437197055