Health Issues and Adolescents : Growing up, Speaking Out

Hendry, Leo, Shucksmith, Janet

ISBN 10: 041516849X / ISBN 13: 9780415168496

Published by Taylor & Francis Group, 1998

About this Item

Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Health Issues and Adolescents : Growing up, Speaking Out
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 041516849X
• ISBN 13: 9780415168496
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 0.452 pounds

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Synopsis

Young people do not on the whole speak for themselves: they are spoken for by adults. Most research and policy agendas relating to young people are dominated by adult concerns about young people's health - rarely are the issues looked at from young people's perspective. This gap in our knowledge may be a critical factor in explaining some of the problems that health educators face in getting young people to transform health knowledge into action. Based on their own research, Shucksmith and Hendry relocate the issues to a young person's perspective and provide recommendations about initiatives relevant to a wide range of professionals and researchers involved in the health education of young people.

About the Author

Janet Shucksmith is Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Aberdeen.,
Leo Hendry is Professor of Education, University of Aberdeen and Professor of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim. Their previous publications include Young People's Leisure and Lifestyles (1993).