Health needs of adolescents
İÇİNDEKİLERCONTENTS1. Introduction 1.1 Definition of the period of adolescence . . 2. Some basic physiological and psychosocial needs 2.1 Growth and development 2.2 Nutritional and psychosocial needs 2.3 Sociocultural factors affecting the development of adolescents 3. Health problems and their magnitude 3.1 Morbidity patterns during adolescence 3.2 Health-related behavioural problems 4. Factors affecting physical and psychosocial health 4.1 Individual factors 4.2 Environmental factors 5. Special health needs of adolescents 5.1 Adolescence as a stressful transition period 5.2 Particularly significant transitions 5.3 The adolescent migrant 5.4 The handicapped adolescent 6. Health care of adolescents 6.1 Types of service 6.2 Innovative approaches 6.3 Characteristics of programmes 7. Education and training 8 Emerging concepts and perspectives 9. Recommendations 9.1 Services 9.2 Education and training 9.3 Research Annexes. Death rates from selected causes NOTLARReport of a WHO Expert Committee Technical Report Series 609 |
