Description
The Handbook of Preventive Interventions for Children and Adolescents is the first book that thoroughly covers the various types of prevention interventions available for children and adolescents encountering emotional, health, and social problems. Using Gordon's primary prevention model, each chapter offers an introductory summary of the problem, then moves on to discuss trends; incidence; risk factors; interventions available on a universal, selective, and targeted level; and future directions.
Featuring an interdisciplinary list of expert contributors, this guide covers preventive interventions addressing child and adolescent problems including:
- Unresolved grief
- Teenage suicide
- Birth defects
- Substance abuse
- Teenage pregnancies
- Sexually transmitted diseases
- HIV/AIDS
- Eating disorders
- School violence
- School dropout
- And more
About the Author
LISA A. RAPP-PAGLICCI is an Associate Professor at the University of Southern Florida at Lakeland.
CATHERINE N. DULMUS is a Professor at the University of Tennessee.
JOHN S. WODARSKI is a Professor at the University of Tennessee.
The authors have written or edited numerous Wiley books, including: Handbook of Violence (Rapp-Paglicci, Roberts, & Wodarski); Essentials of Child Welfare (Ellis, Dulmus, & Wodarski); Handbook of Empirical Social Work Practice, Volume 1, Mental Disorders (Thyer & Wodarski) and Volume 2, Social Problems and Practice Issues (Wodarski & Thyer); and the forthcoming Handbook of Preventive Interventions for Adults (Dulmus & Rapp-Paglicci), available in 2005.
Reviews
"...based on sound research with a focus on evidence based approach to prevention..." (Intl Jnl of Adolescent Medicine and Health, Vol 16(3), 2004)
Book Information
ISBN 9780471274339
Author Lisa A. Rapp-Paglicci
Format Hardback
Page Count 504
Imprint John Wiley & Sons Inc
Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
Weight(grams) 1048g
Dimensions(mm) 260mm * 187mm * 38mm
