Health Promotion for Children and Adolescents
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-1-4899-7709-0 (ISBN)
Among the topics covered:
Child mental health: recent developments with respect to risk, resilience, and interventions
Health-related concerns among children and adolescents with ADD/ADHD
Preventing risky sexual behavior in adolescents
Violence affecting youth: pervasive and preventable
Childhood and adolescent obesity
Well-being of children in the foster care system
Health Promotion for Children and Adolescents is a necessary text for graduate or advanced undergraduate courses in public health, education, medicine, psychology, health education, social work, curriculum, nutrition, and public affairs. It is also important reading for public health professionals; researchers in child health, health education, and child psychology; policymakers in education and public health; and teachers.
Maya Rom Korin, PhD, is currently an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and has taught graduate classes in health literacy, child and adolescent health promotion, women's health, and urban public health. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship in behavioral cardiovascular health at Columbia University Medical center as well as a medical ethics fellowship at Weill Cornell Medical College. Dr. Korin received her Ph.D. in Sociomedical Sciences and her M.S. in Epidemiology from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. She has broad public health research experience focusing on the social determinants of health and disease, and is well trained in both quantitative and qualitative methodologies.
Part I: The Foundation.- Introduction: What is Child and Adolescent Health Promotion.- Basics of Health Promotion.- Part II: Socioecological Approach to Child and Adolescent Health.- Socioeconomic Determinants of Child and Adolescent Health.- Poverty and Child Health.- Family and Culture in Adolescent and Child Health.- Part III: Children and Adolescent Psychological Wellness.- Childhood Stress and Resilience.- ADD/ADHD.- Mental Health Issues in Children.- Youth Suicide.- Part IV: Children and Adolescents in the Health Care System.- Chronic Illnesses in Children and Adolescents.- Confidentiality in Adolescent Health.- Part V: Social and Behavioral Wellness in Children and Adolescents.- Preventing Risky Sexual Behavior.- Sexuality and Gender Issues.- Alcohol and Tobacco Use.- Substance Abuse.- Violence and Aggressive Behavior.- Part VI: Dietary Health in Children and Adolescents.- Obesity: A Growing Epidemic.- Eating Disorders in Adolescents.- Eating Disorder or Disordered Eating? An Integrated Approach to Obesity and Anorexia.- Part VII: Child Abuse and the Foster Care System.- Child Abuse.- Foster Care System.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 08.10.2016 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 9 Illustrations, color; 2 Illustrations, black and white; VIII, 397 p. 11 illus., 9 illus. in color. |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 7332 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Entwicklungspsychologie | |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Gynäkologie / Geburtshilfe | |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Pädiatrie | |
| Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| Schlagworte | Adolescent Health • adolescent health promotion • Child Health • child preventive health • health promotion for children • socioeconomic determinants of health |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4899-7709-0 / 1489977090 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4899-7709-0 / 9781489977090 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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