Overview
International overview of the health and development of adolescents
Argues for global standards for adolescent-specific health services and competencies
Covers important current topics in adolescent health, including bullying, substance abuse, and mental health
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (27 chapters)
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Front Matter
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A Snapshot of Adolescent Health and Development Globally and from Selected Countries
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Adolescent Health Conditions and Public Health Response
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Adolescent Responsive Health and Social Systems
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About this book
This comprehensive reference uses an ecological perspective to sort out the complex mix of biological, psychological, social, and other factors influencing adolescent health as well as shaping professional responses to the needs of adolescents. Describing critical concerns at the global level and innovative strategies from selected countries, the book urges readers to develop and support practices and policies to enhance optimal youth development. Expert coverage centers on key areas: the global state of adolescent health and development, adolescent health issues and public health answers, making health systems more responsive to youth, and improving school health services. And bedrock themes such as social determinants of health, young people’s right to health care, and health and gender disparities are discussed throughout these chapters.
Included among the topics:
• The epidemiology of adolescent health
• Adolescent sexual health and sexuality education
• Restorative justice and the mental wellbeing of adolescents
• Critical issues in adolescent nutrition: needs and recommendations
• Towards an adolescent competent workforce
• Pairing children with health services: the changing role of school health services in the 21st century
The International Handbook on Adolescent Health and Development is essential to medical schools, public schools, and college libraries; teaching faculty; graduate and post-graduate students in public health, medicine, social work, other behavioral sciences and health disciplines (e.g., nursing, allied heath); as well as practitioners interested in better orienting their services to the health needs of adolescents.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Andrew L. Cherry, DSW, has been working in the helping professions since 1969. He previously worked as a psychiatric social worker at Bryce Hospital (a mental hospital) in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Between 2003 and 2014, he has held the position of the Oklahoma Medicaid Endowed Professor of Mental Health at the University of Oklahoma School Of Social Work in Tulsa. Professor Cherry conducts research and evaluations in the areas of co-occurring disorders, addiction, social services to children and families, and the influence of social bonds on human behavior. He has authored 18 books and chapters, numerous professional journal articles, and conference presentations. His most recent book, co-authored with Mary Dillon and published in 2014, is titled, International Handbook of Adolescent Pregnancy: Medical, Psychosocial, and Public Health Responses.
Valentina Baltag, MD, MSc, PhD, is responsible for Adolescent Health Policies, Planning and Programmes in the Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health at the Headquarters of the World Health Organization. She is a strong advocate of adolescents' rights to quality health care services and protective social policies. Dr. Baltag's work focuses on supporting Member States to develop and implement comprehensive policies that address adolescent health from a life-course perspective and include a focus on main areas of concern such as sexual and reproductive health, mental health, nutrition, violence, etc. Dr. Baltag is a medical doctor and holds a PhD from the Medical University in Chisinau, Republic of Moldova and an MSc in Public Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She authored publications on primary care organization, quality of care, school health services, and preconception care.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: International Handbook on Adolescent Health and Development
Book Subtitle: The Public Health Response
Editors: Andrew L. Cherry, Valentina Baltag, Mary E. Dillon
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40743-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-40741-8Published: 01 December 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-82170-2Published: 28 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-40743-2Published: 21 November 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 537
Number of Illustrations: 51 b/w illustrations
Topics: Maternal and Child Health, Child and School Psychology, Pediatrics