Conclusions and Recommendations for Adolescent and Youth Health Promotion

Authors: Breinbauer, Cecilia; Maddaleno, Matilde

Source: Youth: Choices and Change, Youth: Choices and Change , pp. 333-390(58)

Publisher: Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)

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Abstract:

Youth: Choices and Change presents a comprehensive guide to the psychology of change in adolescents and youths, with the purpose of stimulating change in lifestyle behavior, health promotion policies, and socio-cultural attitudes toward healthy lifestyles.

Section IV of the book includes the following chapters:

• Introduction

• Chapter Thirty / The Next Decade: Perspectives for Improving Adolescent Health and Development

• Afterword

• References

• Selected List of Web Resources on Adolescence and Health Behaviors

Chapter Thirty explores the current socioeconomic challenges and advantages facing youth in Latin America and the Caribbean, the principal focus of PAHO's technical cooperation efforts. It also presents a review of international commitments undertaken by the member countries of the United Nations designed to strengthen the health and development of young people in the Region of the Americas. It concludes with a series of recommendations for improving health and development opportunities for this group over the next decade.

Section Four also includes a list of references and web resources for those seeking research on all areas of adolescent health behavior.

Keywords: HEALTH PROMOTION; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; YOUTH HEALTH; YOUTH PSYCHOLOGY; ADOLESCENCE; HEALTH BEHAVIORS; ADOLESCENT LIFESTYLES

Document Type: Miscellaneous

Publication date: 2005-08-01

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