1st Edition

Hot Topics in Adolescent Health A Practical Manual for Working with Young People

290 Pages
by CRC Press

290 Pages
by CRC Press

What do young people need to know about their health - and how can you help them learn it? This practical guide will help you to broach health subjects (ranging from the banal to the embarrassing to the deadly serious) with the adolescents you encounter in your professional life. Drawing on research and collaboration with specialists in areas such as dietetics, mental health, drugs and alcohol,... Read more
Puberty. How do I look? Body image during puberty. Mental health. Healthy eating. Exercise. What’s your poison? Smoking, alcohol and drugs. Consent, confidentiality and the law. Relationships and sex. Contraception and young people. Sexual health. L8r baby! Teenage pregnancy. Gangs

Biography

Sarah Bekaert, Dame Lesley Southgate