1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454400303321

Titolo

Adolescent health [[electronic resource] ] : understanding and preventing risk behaviors / / Ralph J. DiClemente, John S. Santelli, Richard A. Crosby, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

San Francisco, CA, : Jossey-Bass, c2009

ISBN

1-282-11368-2

9786612113680

0-470-45277-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (611 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DiClementeRalph J

SantelliJohn S

CrosbyRichard A. <1959->

Disciplina

613.0433

Soggetti

Teenagers - Health and hygiene

Health behavior in adolescence

Health attitudes

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

ADOLESCENT HEALTH: Understanding and Preventing Risk Behaviors; CONTENTS; FIGURES, TABLES, AND EXHIBITS; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PREFACE; THE CONTRIBUTORS; Part 1: FOUNDATIONS AND THEORY IN ADOLESCENT HEALTH RISK BEHAVIOR; Chapter 1: ADOLESCENTS AT RISK: A GENERATION IN JEOPARDY; Chapter 2: TRENDS IN ADOLESCENT AND YOUNG ADULT MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY; Chapter 3: THEORIES OF ADOLESCENT RISK TAKING: THE BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL MODEL; Chapter 4: RESILIENCE IN ADOLESCENCE; Chapter 5: THEORIES AND MODELS OF ADOLESCENT DECISION MAKING; Chapter 6: BIOLOGICAL UNDERPINNINGS OF ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT

Chapter 7: POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENTPart 2: PREVENTING KEY HEALTH RISK BEHAVIORS; Chapter 8: TOBACCO USE AND ADOLESCENT HEALTH; Chapter 9: UNDERSTANDING AND PREVENTING RISKS FOR ADOLESCENT OBESITY; Chapter 10: ADOLESCENT ALCOHOL USE;



Chapter 11: SUBSTANCE USE AMONG ADOLESCENTS: RISK, PREVENTION, AND TREATMENT; Chapter 12: ADOLESCENT VIOLENCE: RISK, RESILIENCE, AND PREVENTION; Chapter 13: PREVENTION OF SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR DURING ADOLESCENCE; Chapter 14: UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES AMONG ADOLESCENTS; Chapter 15: SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE TRANSMISSION AND PREGNANCY AMONG ADOLESCENTS

Chapter 16: INTERVENTIONS TO PREVENT PREGNANCY AND SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, INCLUDING HIV INFECTIONPart 3: POPULATIONS, POLICY, AND PREVENTION STRATEGIES; Chapter 17: INCARCERATED AND DELINQUENT YOUTH; Chapter 18: DEPRESSION AND SEXUAL RISK BEHAVIOR IN ADOLESCENTS; Chapter 19: CONNECTEDNESS IN THE LIVES OF ADOLESCENTS; Chapter 20: FAMILY INFLUENCES ON ADOLESCENT HEALTH; Chapter 21: MEDIA EXPOSURE AND ADOLESCENTS' HEALTH BEHAVIOR; Chapter 22: TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES IN MODIFYING ADOLESCENT HEALTH RISK BEHAVIORS; Chapter 23: MEASURING ADOLESCENT HEALTH BEHAVIORS

Chapter 24: BRIEF MOTIVATIONAL INTERVENTIONS FOR ADOLESCENT HEALTH PROMOTION IN CLINICAL SETTINGSChapter 25: HEALTH POLICY APPROACHES TO REDUCE ADOLESCENT RISK BEHAVIOR AND ADVERSE HEALTH CONSEQUENCES; Chapter 26: LEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES IN ADOLESCENT HEALTH CARE AND RESEARCH; Chapter 27: ADOLESCENT RISK BEHAVIORS AND ADVERSE HEALTH OUTCOMES: FUTURE DIRECTIONS FOR RESEARCH, PRACTICE, AND POLICY; NAME INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

This book covers the developmental and health problems unique to the adolescent period of life. It focuses on special needs and public health programs for adolescents. It offers deep insight into smoking, violence, teen pregnancy, HIV/AIDS, and other problems, along with intervention and prevention strategies. ""Anyone serious about improving adolescent health should read this book. It spans theoretical and developmental constructs, summaries of evidence-based interventions for adolescent risk behaviors, metrics, and policy recommendations."" -S. Jean Emans, MD, chief, Division of Adolescent



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791964503321

Autore

Maxwell Jerry H (Jerry Hollis), <1942->

Titolo

The perfect lion [[electronic resource] ] : the life and death of Confederate artillerist John Pelham / / Jerry H. Maxwell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, 2011

ISBN

0-8173-8548-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (439 p.)

Disciplina

973.7/42092

B

Soggetti

Soldiers - Confederate States of America

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Artillery operations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

"The most adventuresome member of that adventurous group" -- "We are a class beyond the common ones" -- "Fear God and know no other fear" -- "Madness and fanaticism" -- "We predict for them a brilliant future" -- "War is not glorious" -- "An honour to be one of them" -- "Like a duck on a June bug" -- "We are going to whip the yankees like the mischief" -- "I have had my revenge out of Pope" -- "Who could not conquer with such troops as these" -- "The Lord of Hosts was plainly fighting on our side" -- "The Lord bless your dirty ragged souls" -- "Put on the war paint!" -- "An exile from his own land of Alabama" -- "Stuart has euchered us again" -- "Like some god of battle" -- "We have a magnificent position ..." -- "You men stand killing better than any I know!" -- "A system of irritation" -- "One could never forget him" -- "Such is the fortune of war" -- "I want Jimmie to be just like him".

Sommario/riassunto

The South has made much of J. E. B. Stuart and Stonewall Jackson, but no individual has had a greater elevation to divine status than John Pelham, remembered as the "Gallant Pelham." An Alabama native, Pelham left West Point for service in the Confederacy and distinguished himself as an artillery commander in Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. Lee is reported to have said of him, "It is glorious to see such courage in one so young!" Blond, blue-eyed, and handsome, Pelham's modest demeanor charmed his contemporaries, and he was famously



attractive to women. He was killed in a

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910796080403321

Autore

Brown Marie Annette

Titolo

The advanced practice registered nurse as a prescriber [[electronic resource] /] / Marie Annette Brown, Louise Kaplan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex, U.K., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012

ISBN

1-283-42636-6

0-470-96325-5

0-470-96324-7

1-118-69696-4

9786613426369

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 272 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

KaplanLouise

Disciplina

615.1/4

Soggetti

Drugs - Prescribing - Great Britain

Nurses - Prescription privileges - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

What do APRN prescribers need to understand? / Marie Annette Brown and Louise Kaplan -- Embracing the prescriber role as an advanced practice registered nurse / Nancy Crigger ... [et al.] -- Creating a practice environment for fully autonomous prescriptive authority / Marie Annette Brown and Louise Kaplan -- Strategies for assessing, monitoring, and addressing special considerations with controlled substances / Pam Stitzlein Davies -- Managing difficult patient situations / Donna Poole, Marie Annette Brown, and Louise Kaplan -- The influences of pharmaceutical marketing on APRN prescribing / Elissa Ladd -- Regulation of prescriptive authority / Tracy Klein -- Legal aspects of prescribing / Carolyn Buppert -- The role of cultural competence in prescribing medications / Mary Sobralske, Louise Kaplan, and Marie Annette Brown.