Adolescence and health

"Adolescence and Health" provides the first comprehensive text at the right level for health professionals working with adolescents.

Adolescents are neither big children nor small adults; therefore their health needs are different.

This volume takes two perspectives on health: those dimensions that are of concern to adults, including moral panics, along with the views of young people themselves, including risk-taking and positive attitudes toward health.

Chapters include sport and exercise, sexual health, substance abuse, diet, chronic illness, and handicap and health education.