Health needs of adolescents : report of a WHO expert committee [meeting held in Geneva from 28 September to 4 October 1976]
Material type:
TextSeries: World Health Organization technical report series ; no. 609Publication details: Geneva : World Health Organization, 1977. Description: 49 pISBN: 9241206098Subject(s): Adolescent medicine | Health services needs and demandNLM classification: WS 460Online resources: Click here to access online | Click here to access online Abstract: An expert assessment of findings from biological, behavioural, clinical, and epidemiological research that help explain why adolescent health is vulnerable to a distinctive set of risks. Sensitive to the stress of adolescent transitions, the report gives particular attention to the bio-medical and psychosocial dilemmas created when rapid industrialization and urbanization disrupt traditional supports, complicate human relationships, and undermine personal security. The report opens with a discussion of the basic physiological, biological, and of morbidity in different countries are then presented and compared. Other sections enumerate the individual and environmental factors that contribute to health risks, including accidents and suicide, and outline preventive and management strategies for 13 common problems, ranging from truancy and delinquency to sexually transmitted diseases. The report concludes with examples of innovative services and programmes that are notably responsive to adolescent needs.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Books
|
WHO HQ ONLINE-IRIS | HQ SERIAL RUS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | O9241206098RUS | |
|
Books
|
WHO HQ READING-RM | HQ SERIAL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00026853 | |
|
Books
|
WHO HQ DISCARD | WS 460 77WH (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 2 | Withdrawn | 00026886 | |
|
Books
|
WHO HQ ONLINE-IRIS | WS 460 77WH (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 3 | Available | O9241206098 |
Browsing WHO HQ shelves, Shelving location: ONLINE-IRIS Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)
| WS 460 2006PR Pregnant adolescents : | WS 460 2006PR-1 Adolescentes enceintes : | WS 460 65WH Health problems of adolescence : | WS 460 77WH Health needs of adolescents : | WS 460 77WH-1 Besoins sanitaires des adolescents : | WS 460 77WH-2 Necesidades de salud de los adolescentes : | WS 460 79SE Service-oriented research in adolescent fertility : |
Russian version of nos. 586-612 bound together (barcode no. 00073786).
An expert assessment of findings from biological, behavioural, clinical, and epidemiological research that help explain why adolescent health is vulnerable to a distinctive set of risks. Sensitive to the stress of adolescent transitions, the report gives particular attention to the bio-medical and psychosocial dilemmas created when rapid industrialization and urbanization disrupt traditional supports, complicate human relationships, and undermine personal security. The report opens with a discussion of the basic physiological, biological, and of morbidity in different countries are then presented and compared. Other sections enumerate the individual and environmental factors that contribute to health risks, including accidents and suicide, and outline preventive and management strategies for 13 common problems, ranging from truancy and delinquency to sexually transmitted diseases. The report concludes with examples of innovative services and programmes that are notably responsive to adolescent needs.
eng fre rus spa.
jpn.
WHO monograph
4
There are no comments on this title.