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Risk-takers : alcohol, drugs, sex, and youth / Martin Plant and Moira Plant.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Plant, Martin A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Teenagers--Great Britain.
- Teenagers.
- Risk-taking (Psychology) in adolescence--Great Britain.
- Risk-taking (Psychology) in adolescence.
- Teenagers--Sexual behavior--Great Britain.
- Teenagers--Alcohol use--Great Britain.
- Teenagers--Drug use--Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (189 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Tavistock/Routledge, 1992.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Risk-Takers gives a comprehensive view of youthful involvement with drinking, smoking, drug use and sex. It provides a challenging assessment of health education for young people showing that, despite the threat of AIDS and HIV infection, risk-taking remains a feature of normal adolescent behaviour, difficult to restrain or curb.
- Contents:
- Risk-takers Alcohol, drugs, sex and youth; Copyright; Contents; List of figures and tables; The authors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The causes of drug use; 2 Drinking habits; 3 Smoking habits; 4 Illicit drug use; 5 Alcohol misuse; 6 Tobacco-related harm; 7 Drug-related harm; 8 Alcohol, drugs and pregnancy; 9 Sexual behaviour; 10 Alcohol, drugs and risky sex; 11 Risk-takers; 12 Prevention and harm minimization; 13 Conclusions; Bibliography; Name Index; Subject Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-85999-168-8
- 1-134-96043-3
- 1-280-33639-0
- 1-134-96044-1
- 0-203-40548-X
- 9780203405482
- OCLC:
- 437078644
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