Adolescent Health: Crosscutting issues in the delivery of health and related services

ISBN-10: 0160329736
ISBN-13: 9780160329739
Series: Adolescent Health
Pages: 328
Language: English
Published: 1991
Publisher: Congress of the U.S., Office of Technology Assessment

Description

This three volume work presents the Office of Technology's assessment of the physical, emotional, and behavioral health status of contemporary American adolescents, including those living in poverty, racial and ethnic minority groups, Native Americans, and rural adolescents. Specific topics covered are identifying risk and protective factors for adolescent health problems, evaluating options in the organization of health services and technologies available to adolescents, assessing options in the conduct of national health surveys to improve collection of adolescent health statistics, and identifying gaps in research on the health and behavior of adolescents.