Health Promotion for Children and Adolescents
This timely volume surveys the broad spectrum of interventions used in health promotion, and shows how they may be tailored to the developmental needs of children and adolescents. Its multilevel lifespan approach reflects concepts of public health as incl
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Health Promotion for Children and Adolescents
Health Promotion for Children and Adolescents
Maya Rom Korin Editor
Health Promotion for Children and Adolescents
Editor Maya Rom Korin, Ph.D., M.S. Department of Preventive Medicine Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai New York, NY, USA
ISBN 978-1-4899-7709-0 ISBN 978-1-4899-7711-3 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4899-7711-3
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Preface
Children are the most vulnerable members of society and are dependent on adults for their well-being. Communities, schools, parents, government, and various institutions strive to protect our children and provide them the environment and tools necessary to grow into healthy adults. The well-being of children determines the health of the next generation. Indeed, many of society’s most severe health and social problems are caused by issues that develop during childhood and adolescence. As Healthy People 2020 points out, professionals in policy, research, and clinical practice fields are cognizant that childhood provides the physical, cognitive, and social-emotional foundation for lifelong, health, learning, and well-being, and thus health promotion strategies need to be well researched, executed, and assessed. Even from an economic perspective, investment in childhood health promotion pays off greatly. Health promotion for children and adolescents involves a range of academic disciplines and fields in order to be successful. And thus, this book is for readers of all kinds—professionals and students in public health, public policy, education, social work, medicine and health care, and of course parents and children themselves. This book aims to bridge the gap between what is discussed in theory and academia and
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