Description
Aimed at providing a foundation for increasing the quantity and quality of physical and mental health care for children, this book describes the latest research and theories about family, school and community prevention and health-promotion programmes to improve the health status of children during the next decade. The contributors to this thought-provoking book identify innovative and empirically based preventive and health-promotion strategies that schools and communities can implement to enhance children’s social, emotional and physical wellness. Foreword – Seymour Sarason Introduction and Overview – Roger P Weissberg and Carol Bartels Kuster Let’s Make `Healthy Children 2010′ a National Priority! The Prevalence of Problem Behaviors – Joy G Dryfoos Implications for Programs School-Based Drug Abuse Prevention Strategies – Linda Dusenbury and Mathea Falco From Research to Policy and Practice Preventing High Risk Sexual Behavior, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, and Pregnancy among Adolescents – Lynda M Sagrestano and Roberta L Paikoff Violence Prevention for the 21st Century – Mary E Murray, Nancy G Guerra and Kirk R Williams Prevention of Depression – Bruce E Compas, Jennifer Connor and Martha Wadsworth Prevention of Youth Suicide – John Kalafat Promoting Healthy Dietary Behaviors – Cheryl L Perry, Mary Story and Leslie A Lytle Prevention and Control of Injuries – Barbara S Tuchfarber, Joseph E Zins and Leonard A Jason Academic Performance and School Success – J David Hawkins Sources and Consequences
