Enhancing Children's Wellness

1. Auflage 1997
ISBN: 978-0-7619-1091-6
Verlag: Sage Publications, Inc

Buch, Englisch, Band 8, 332 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 555 g

Reihe: Issues in Children's and Families' Lives

Aimed at providing a foundation for increasing the quantity and quality of physical and mental health care for children, this book describes the latest research and theories about family, school, and community prevention and health-promotion programs to improve the health status of children during the next decade. This impressive group of researchers examine such pertinent questions as: + Why do problem behaviors occur together (like substance abuse, delinquency, and school failure)? And, to what extent can common strategies prevent each of these difficulties? + Are we effectively using what we know to prevent drug use among children? + What strategies are the most promising for preventing unwanted pregnancy and AIDS? + Does violent/aggressive behavior result from unmet developmental needs? + What programs have been most effective in preventing depression and suicide in young people? + Are there reliable prevention strategies that can reproduce the risk of unintentional injury among children? This thought-provoking book identifies innovative and empirically based preventive and health-promotion strategies that schools and communities may implement to enhance childrenÆs social, emotional, and physical wellness and thus will be interest to professionals and practitioners in the fields of developmental psychology, clinical psychology, family studies, social work, counseling, human services, nursing, and public health.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weissberg, Roger P.

Gullotta, Thomas P.

Hampton, Robert L.

Ryan, Bruce A.

Adams, Gerald R.

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Altersgruppen Kinder- und Jugendsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie Kinder- und Jugendpsychologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Gesundheitssystem, Gesundheitswesen
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Lebensqualitätsforschung (med.)
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik: Familie, Kinder, Jugendliche

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword - Seymour Sarason
Introduction and Overview - Roger P Weissberg and Carol Bartels Kuster
Let's Make `Healthy Children 2010' a National Priority!
The Prevalence of Problem Behaviors - Joy G Dryfoos
Implications for Programs
School-Based Drug Abuse Prevention Strategies - Linda Dusenbury and Mathea Falco
From Research to Policy and Practice
Preventing High Risk Sexual Behavior, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, and Pregnancy among Adolescents - Lynda M Sagrestano and Roberta L Paikoff
Violence Prevention for the 21st Century - Mary E Murray, Nancy G Guerra and Kirk R Williams
Prevention of Depression - Bruce E Compas, Jennifer Connor and Martha Wadsworth
Prevention of Youth Suicide - John Kalafat
Promoting Healthy Dietary Behaviors - Cheryl L Perry, Mary Story and Leslie A Lytle
Prevention and Control of Injuries - Barbara S Tuchfarber, Joseph E Zins and Leonard A Jason
Academic Performance and School Success - J David Hawkins
Sources and Consequences

Über Autor(innen)

Adams, Gerald R.
Personality and Social Development, University of Guelph.

Gullotta, Thomas P.
Prevention, Child and Family Agency of Southeastern Connecticut, New London, CT.