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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812530903321

Autore

Huffman Dolores M.

Titolo

Health problems in the classroom 6-12 : an A-Z reference guide for educators / / Dolores M. Huffman, Karen Lee Fontaine, Bernadette K. Price ; cover designer, Michael Dubowe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, Inc., , 2003

©2003

ISBN

1-4833-6070-9

1-4833-6289-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (481 p.)

Disciplina

373.171

Soggetti

School children - Health and hygiene - United States

School health services - United States

Health education (Middle school) - United States

Health education (Secondary) - United States

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

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Authors""; ""Part I - Health Issues in the Classroom""; ""Chapter 1 - Health, Illness, and Disability During Adolescence""; ""Adolescent Growth and Development""; ""Common Health Problems during Adolescence""; ""Chronic Illness in the Inclusive Classroom""; ""Disabilities in the Inclusive Classroom""; ""Hospitalization""; ""Chapter 2 - Family and Community Issues""; ""Family Issues""; ""Community Issues""; ""Chapter 3 - Stigma and Student Self-Esteem""; ""Stigmatizing Issues""; ""Self-Esteem""

""Part II - Health Problems A�Z""""Adjustment Disorder""; ""Alcohol Abuse""; ""Allergy: Drugs""; ""Allergy: Food""; ""Allergy: Hay Fever""; ""Allergy: Latex""; ""Anaphylaxis""; ""Anemia""; ""Anger""; ""Animal Bites""; ""Anxiety Disorder: Generalized""; ""Appendicitis""; ""Asperger�s Disorder""; ""Asthma""; ""Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder""; ""Autistic Disorder""; ""Autoerotic Asphyxia""; ""Behavior Disorder: Conduct Disorder""; ""Behavior Disorder: Oppositional Defiant Disorder""; ""Bipolar Disorder""; ""Body Piercing Infection/Reaction"";



""Burns""; ""Cancer""; ""Cellulitis""

""Cerebral Palsy""""Chest Injury""; ""Chicken Pox""; ""Cold Sores""; ""Color Blindness""; ""Common Cold""; ""Cystic Fibrosis""; ""Dating Violence""; ""Depression""; ""Diabetes""; ""Diarrhea""; ""Down Syndrome""; ""Drug Abuse: Cocaine/Amphetamines""; ""Drug Abuse: Hallucinogens""; ""Drug Abuse: Inhalants""; ""Drug Abuse: Marijuana""; ""Drug Abuse: Opioids""; ""Drug Abuse: Sedatives/Sleepers/ Antianxiety Drugs/Date Rape Drugs""; ""Drug Abuse: Steroids""; ""Dystonia""; ""Eating Disorder: Anorexia""; ""Eating Disorder: Bulimia""; ""Eczema""; ""Epilepsy and Seizure Disorders""; ""Eye Injury""

""Eye Splash""""Eye Stye""; ""Fever""; ""Fifth Disease""; ""Fracture""; ""Frostbite""; ""Grief""; ""Headache""; ""Head Injury""; ""Head Lice""; ""Hearing Loss""; ""Heat Exhaustion""; ""Heatstroke""; ""Hemophilia""; ""Hepatitis A""; ""Hepatitis B""; ""Hepatitis C""; ""High Blood Pressure""; ""High Cholesterol Level""; ""HIV/AIDS""; ""Impetigo""; ""Inflammatory Bowel Disease""; ""Influenza""; ""Insect Stings/Bites""; ""Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis""; ""Lupus""; ""Lyme Disease""; ""Measles (German Measles)""; ""Measles (Rubeola)""; ""Meningitis""; ""Menstrual Cramps""; ""Mononucleosis""

""Mumps""""Muscular Dystrophy""; ""Nosebleed""; ""Obesity""; ""Obesity: Prader-Willi Syndrome""; ""Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder""; ""Organ Transplant""; ""Osgood-Schlatter Disease""; ""Panic Disorder""; ""Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder""; ""Pelvic Inflammatory Disease""; ""Phobia: Social""; ""Phobia: Specific""; ""Pink Eye""; ""Pneumonia""; ""Poisoning""; ""Poison Oak, Ivy, and Sumac""; ""Posttraumatic Stress Disorder""; ""Psoriasis""; ""Rape""; ""Reye�s Syndrome""; ""Rheumatic Fever""; ""Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever""; ""Scabies""; ""Scarlet Fever""; ""Schizophrenia""

""Scoliosis""

Sommario/riassunto

This unique A-Z guide provides at-a-glance medical information about 150 illnesses, injuries, and medical conditions that affect adolescents in middle schools and high schools, providing details about signs and symptoms, attendance, medications, and more.