Health and behavior in childhood and adolescence
By: Laura L. Hayman, Margaret M. Mahon, J. Rick Turner, editors.
Contributors: Hayman, Laura Lucia.; Mahon, Margaret M.; Turner, J. Rick.
Publisher: Springer Pub.
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
Subjects: Health behavior in children.; Health behavior in adolescence.; Health promotion.; Health Behavior -- child.; Health Behavior -- adolescence.; Health Promotion -- child.; Health Promotion -- adolescence.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Temperament dimensions and health behavior: a developmental model; title: Social support, the self system, and adolescent health and health behaviors; title: Improving diet and nutrition in children and adolescents; title: The importance of physical activity in childhood and adolescence; title: Unintentional injuries in childhood and adolescence; title: Substance abuse; title: Obesity: nongenetic influences in childhood and adolescence; title: Reducing sexually transmitted diseases among African American youth; title: Social and health policy: influences on child and adolesent health.