| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xxii, 388 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Application and practice in health psychology |
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Application and practice in health psychology.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Dawn K. Wilson, James R. Rodrigue, Wendell C. Taylor -- Developmental and biological perspectives on minority adolescent health / Sheila H. Parfenoff, Roberta L. Paikoff -- Psychological, social, and cultural perspectives on minority health in adolescence: a life-course framework / James S. Jackson, Sherrill L. Sellers -- Preventing drug abuse and violence / Gilbert J. Botvin, Lawrence M. Scheier -- Health promotion in minority adolescents: empahsis on sexually transmitted diseases and the human immunodeficiency virus / James R. Rodrigue, Kenneth P. Tercyak, Celia M. Lescano -- Increasing physical activity levels among youth: a public health challenge / Wendell C. Taylor, Bettina M. Beech, Sharon S. Cummings -- Role of diet in minority adolescent health promotion / Dawn K. Wilson, Susan C. Nicholson, Jenelle S. Krishnamoorthy -- Minority adolescent female health: strategies for the next millennium / Barbara J. Guthrie, Cleopatra Howard Caldwell, Andrea G. Hunter -- Health behaviors in the development of adult cardiovascular disease and diabetes among minorities / Helen P. Hazuda, Ana Monterrosa -- Interpersonal interventions for minority adolescents / Ken Resnicow, Ronald L. Braithwaite, JoAnne Kuo -- Multisytemic therapy and the ethnic minority client: culturallly responsive and clinically effective / Michael J. Brondino [et al.] -- School-based interventions to prevent substance use among inner-city minority adolescents / Mary Ann Forgey, Steven Schinke, Kristin Cole -- Community-based interventions / Betty R. Yung, W. Rodney Hammond -- Health service access and utilization among adolescent minorities / Aida L. Giachello, Jose O. Arrom -- Health care and health policy for adolescents / Robert M. Kaplan, Lawrence Friedman. |
| Subject |
Minority teenagers -- Health and hygiene -- United States.
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Minority teenagers -- Health risk assessment -- United States.
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Health promotion -- United States.
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Health behavior in adolescence -- United States.
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Adolescent Behavior -- United States.
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Adolescent -- United States.
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Health Behavior -- United States.
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Health Promotion -- United States.
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Minority Groups -- United States.
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Risk Assessment -- United States.
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Risk-Taking -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Wilson, Dawn K.
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Rodrigue, James R.
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Taylor, Wendell C.
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| ISBN |
1557983976 (acid-free paper) |
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