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Author Breinbauer, Cecilia.

Title Youth : choices and change : promoting healthy behaviors in adolescents / Cecilia Breinbauer and Matilde Maddaleno
Published Washington, D.C. : Pan American Health Organization, [2005]
©2005

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Description xxiii, 390 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
regular print
Series Scientific and technical publication ; no. 594
Scientific and technical publication (Washington, D.C.) ; no. 594
Contents Paving the way from Adolescence to a Healthy Adulthood -- Healthy choices and changes -- Adolescent lifestyles in Latin America and the Caribbean: the challenges and their scope -- The knowledge-behavior gap in health promotion -- The importance of behavior theories to successful adolescent health programs -- Adolescents living in a complex environment of multiple levels of influence -- Listening to adolescents' needs and wants: a respectful intervention -- The crucial link between theories and developmental stages of adolescence -- The youth: choices and change model for designing effective interventions for adolescents -- The health belief model -- The transheoretical model and stages of change -- The theory of reasoned action -- The theory of planned behavior --
The goal-setting theory -- The self-regulation theory -- The sensation-seeking theory -- At a glance: The individual level theories and models for behavior change -- The social cognitive theory -- The social networks and social support theories -- the authoritative parenting model -- The resiliency theory -- The stress and coping theories -- At a glance: The interpersonal level theories and models for behavior change -- The community organization models -- The diffusion of innovations theory, behavior change communication models and social marketing -- Models of policy and legislation development -- At a glance: the community and policy level theories and models for behavior change -- A new approach to classifying adolescent developmental stages -- Gender differences and adolescent behaviors -- Early intervention during adolescence: the preadolescent period -- Early intervention during adolescence: the early adolescent period -- The next decade: perspectives for improving adolescent health and development
Summary "'Youth: Choices and Change' offers a bird's-eye view into the minds and bodies of today's young people. It provides a practical guide for all those who live and work with this group, including those who create the policies and draft the laws, on how to create positive, nurturing environments and instill healthy behaviors that will enable tomorrow's adults to meet the open road ahead with a sense of purpose, confidence and resilience" --Cover
Notes "Scientific and technical publication no. 594"
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references: pages 349-386
Notes Also available online via the World Wide Web, by subscription to EBL (Ebook Library)
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web
Subject Teenagers -- Medical care.
Youth -- Health and hygiene.
Health behavior in children.
Clinical health psychology.
Health promotion.
Teenagers -- Health and hygiene.
Adolescent psychology.
Health behavior in adolescence.
Adolescent Health Services.
Psychology, Adolescent.
Adolescent Behavior.
Adolescent Health Services.
Health Promotion.
Adolescent Development.
Adolescent Behavior.
Health Behavior.
Author Maddaleno H., Matilde (Maddaleno Herrera)
World Health Organization.
Sweden. Styrelsen för internationellt utvecklingssamarbete.
Norway. Direktoratet for utviklingssamarbeid.
LC no. 2720000089
ISBN 927511594X
Other Titles promoting healthy behaviors in adolescents