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OverviewCurrent policy initiatives that address the health of youth, a group where more than one set of developmental standards may apply, often are based on conflicting evidence. At the same time, the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child has provided an over-arching ethical framework with the goal of ensuring that all children and youth have equal human rights, regardless of their personal or family circumstances. How do these approaches coincide and are they working? In Adolescent Health a contemporary setting is used to illustrate the intersection of evidence and ethics in policy making. Individual chapters describe the social determinants of youth health (chronic conditions, ethnicity, family income, school and peer relationships) and youth health behaviours and outcomes (substance use, violence, sexual and physical activity). Within this broad landscape of youth health issues, the authors apply the human rights principles of the Convention to their research to illustrate the often competing frameworks of evidence and ethics. The underlying question is whether social policy, in the real world, depends on science or human rights. Current knowledge translation practices are examined to detect the pathway most likely to influence youth health policy. Full Product DetailsAuthor: William Boyce , Jennifer Roche , Diane Davies , Jennifer RochePublisher: McGill-Queen's University Press Imprint: McGill-Queen's University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.570kg ISBN: 9780773535114ISBN 10: 077353511 Pages: 304 Publication Date: 01 April 2009 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationWilliam Boyce is professor of community health and epidemiology and education and director of the Social Program Evaluation Group, Queen's University. Jennifer Roche, a writer and freelance consultant in Kingston, has been associated with producing a num Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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