School, adolescence and health issues /

Adolescence is the critical period or rather process in human development, where the individual leaves the dependency of childhood and enters a period in which dramatic changes occur, eventually resulting in what society identifies as adulthood. It is a complex developmental time involving sociologi...

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Other Authors: Merrick, Joav, 1950- (Editor), Tenenbaum, Ariel (Editor), Omar, Hatim A. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., [2014]
Series:Pediatrics, Child and Adolescent Health (Series Editor: Joav Merrick - National Institute of Child H.
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Table of Contents:
  • SCHOOL, ADOLESCENCE AND HEALTH ISSUES
  • SCHOOL, ADOLESCENCE AND HEALTH ISSUES
  • Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • Chapter 1 ADOLESCENT HEALTH ISSUES
  • SECTION ONE: SCHOOL HEALTH ISSUES
  • Chapter 2 ALLERGIES AMONG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN: INTEGRATION OF DAILY ENVIRONMENTAL AND SCHOOL HEALTH SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS
  • ABSTRACT
  • INTRODUCTION
  • OUR STUDY
  • FINDINGS
  • DISCUSSION
  • CONCLUSION
  • REFERENCES
  • Chapter 3 SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN WITH SEVERE HEALTH PROBLEM
  • ABSTRACT
  • INTRODUCTION
  • OUR STUDY
  • FINDINGSDISCUSSION
  • REFERENCES
  • Chapter 4 PREDICTING PEDIATRICIAN SICK VISITS FOR ADOLESCENTS
  • ABSTRACT
  • INTRODUCTION
  • OUR STUDY
  • FINDINGS
  • DISCUSSION
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • REFERENCES
  • Chapter 5 SCHOOL CLIMATE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL HARDINESS AMONG ADOLESCENTS
  • ABSTRACT
  • INTRODUCTION
  • OUR STUDY
  • FINDINGS
  • DISCUSSION
  • REFERENCES
  • Chapter 6 PARENTAL EXPECTATIONS ON SCHOOL SEX EDUCATION IN A SUBURBAN COMMUNITY
  • ABSTRACT
  • INTRODUCTION
  • OUR STUDY
  • FINDINGS
  • DISCUSSION
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
  • REFERENCES
  • ""Chapter 7 EXPOSURE OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO NOISE FROM PERSONAL MUSIC PLAYERS""""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""OUR STUDY""; ""FINDINGS""; ""DISCUSSION""; ""ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 8 TEENS TEXTING""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""SEXTING""; ""DRIVING AND TEXTING""; ""BULLYING AND TEXTING""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 9 SNEAKING AROUND THE STREETS: PROLIFIC GRAFFITI TAGGERSâ€? SOCIALIZATION HABITS""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""OUR STUDY""; ""FINDINGS""; ""DISCUSSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 10 KIDNEY TRANSPLANTS IN ADOLESCENCE""
  • ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION
  • ADOLESCENT KIDNEY TRANSPLANT TRANSITION CLINIC
  • PATIENT SURVEY
  • FINDINGS
  • CONCLUSION
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • REFERENCES
  • Chapter 11 ADOLESCENT BEREAVEMENT
  • ABSTRACT
  • INTRODUCTION
  • BEREAVEMENT IN ADOLESCENCE
  • COMPLICATED BEREAVEMENT
  • HOMICIDE
  • SUICIDE
  • WARS, TERRORISM, DISASTER AND OTHER SUDDEN DEATHS
  • LONG-TERM ILLNESS
  • PARENTAL DEATH
  • SIBLING DEATH
  • FRIEND OR PEER DEATH
  • CULTURAL CONSIDERATIONS
  • DISCUSSION
  • REFERENCES
  • Chapter 12 THEATRICAL GAMES: SCHOOL CHILDREN AND FAMILIARISATION WITH THE MEANING OF LOSS AND DEATHABSTRACT
  • INTRODUCTION
  • OUR SAMPLE
  • RESEARCH TOOLS
  • FINDINGS
  • DISCUSSION
  • REFERENCES
  • SECTION TWO: SCHOOL AND VIOLENCE
  • Chapter 13 BULLYING VICTIMIZATION AMONG IN-SCHOOL ADOLESCENTS
  • ABSTRACT
  • INTRODUCTION
  • OUR STUDY
  • FINDINGS
  • DISCUSSION
  • CONCLUSION
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • REFERENCES
  • Chapter 14 AGGRESSION AMONG HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
  • THEORETICAL ORIENTATION
  • RATIONALE
  • OUR STUDY
  • FINDINGS
  • DISCUSSION