Contextual setting -- Overview -- Health promotion field -- Demographic profile of youth and trends -- Health care needs in urban communities : a special focus on youth of color -- Youth-led health promotion -- Conceptual foundations for youth-led health promotions -- Social and economic justice foundation -- Principles of youth-led health promotion -- Youth-led health promotion framework and strategies -- Research and evaluation of youth-led health promotion -- Reflections from the field -- Case illustration -- Recommendations for practice and research
Summary
"Methods to address the current and future needs of this country's urban marginalized communities have been considered in academics and public policy and practice during the past decade. This book provides an examination of this social paradigm and its impact on current and future generations."--BOOK JACKET
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-250) and index
