Research Catalog

Title

Health issues and adolescents : growing up, speaking out / Janet Shucksmith and Leo B. Hendry.

Author

Shucksmith, Janet, 1953-

Publication

London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.

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Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

Hendry, Leo B.

Description

vii, 165 p.; 22 cm.

Series Statement

Adolescence and society

Uniform Title

Adolescence and society.

Subject

• Adolescent
• Attitude to Health
• Health Behavior
• Health Surveys
• Health attitudes > Scotland
• Health attitudes
• Health behavior in adolescence > Scotland
• Health behavior in adolescence
• Scotland
• Teenagers > Attitudes
• Teenagers > Health and hygiene
• Teenagers > Health and hygiene > Scotland
• Teenagers > Scotland > Attitudes

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [143]-159) and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Young people's perceptions of their own health needs -- 'Giving a voice to children': exploring young people's own agendas on health -- 'You look in all these magazines and you see all these supermodels ... ': body image, appearance and health -- 'Down the Yoker': the impact of localism on young people's health beliefs and actions -- 'I don't listen to everything she says ... ': family influences on young people's health beliefs -- 'I sort of get pushed into things': peer pressure and young people's beliefs in their own 'agency' with respect to health -- 'It's a balance': young people speak out about health risk areas in their lives -- Conclusions: 'I'm not going to do anything stupid!'.

ISBN

• 0415168481 (hbk.)
• 041516849X (pbk.)

LCCN

^^^97046525^

OCLC

37980896

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library