Handbook of prevention and intervention programs for adolescent girls [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Craig Winston LeCroy, Joyce Elizabeth Mann

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910876942103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, c2008
• ISBN: 1-281-38129-2; 9786611381295; 1-118-26984-5; 0-470-11523-8
• Edizione: [11th ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (409 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): LeCroyCraig W; MannJoyce Elizabeth
• Disciplina: 362.7083; 362.70830973
• Soggetti: Teenage girls - Services for - United States; Social work with teenagers - United States; Preventive health services - 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 indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction : adolescent girls and the pathway to adulthood / Craig Winston LeCroy -- Universal prevention for adolescent girls : the Go Grrrls Program / Craig Winston LeCroy -- Developing friendships and peer relationships : building social support with the Girls Circle Program / Beth Hossfeld -- A dissonance-based intervention for the prevention of eating disorders and obesity / Heather Shaw and Eric Stice -- Preventing depression in early adolescent girls : the Penn Resiliency and Girls in Transition programs / Jane E. Gillham ... [et al.] -- Preventing HIV among African American female adolescents : development and evaluation of a gender and culturally congruent prevention intervention / Gina Wingood ... [et al.] -- Manifesting the strengths of rural Latina girls / Velia G. Leybas -- Athletes Targeting Healthy Exercise and Nutrition Alternatives : harm reduction/health promotion program for female high school athletes / Diane L. Elliot and Linn Goldberg -- Teens with anorexia nervosa : a family-based ; approach to treatment / Daniel le Grange and James Lock -- Incarcerated female teens and substance abuse : the Holistic Enrichment for At-Risk Teens (HEART) Program / Amelia C. Roberts and Chiquitia Welch -- Empirically validated approaches to family treatment for adolescent girls / Jacqueline Corcoran and Jane Phillips -- Mentorship : the GirlPOWER! Program / David L. DuBois ... [et al.].
• Sommario/riassunto: Handbook of Prevention and Intervention Programs for Adolescent Girls presents the latest research, programs, and approaches that respond to the needs of today's adolescent girls. In this practical guide, editors Craig LeCroy and Joyce Mann have brought together a notable team of contributors to produce a resource with both diverse coverage and practical applications. Filled with helpful examples, this is an indispensable, hands-on resource for practitioners and students in mental health, education, and public policy.