DiClemente, Ralph J.
Adolescent Health: Understanding and Preventing Risk Behaviors
This much-needed text offers an action-oriented epidemiologic approach to understanding the risk factors affecting adolescent health, and what can be done in response. Drawing on the leading experts in the field, this reference provides a survey and assessment of adolescent health risk behaviors, such as smoking, violence, teen pregnancy, and AIDS. Also described are trends and changes in risk behaviors over time; important theoretical models for developing interventions; prevention strategies for each risk behavior; and effective treatment modalities. The expert authors offer important perspectives in epidemiologic trends of specific behaviors.
- Author(s)
- DiClemente, Ralph J.
- Santelli, John S.
- Crosby, Richard A.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
- Publication year
- 2009
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Page amount
- 540 pages
- Category
- Medicine, Health Care, Mode
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9780470452776