Challenges in Adolescent Health : an Australian Perspective.

Intro -- CHALLENGES IN ADOLESCENT HEALTH: AN AUSTRALIAN PERSPECTIVE -- CHALLENGES IN ADOLESCENT HEALTH: AN AUSTRALIAN PERSPECTIVE -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- ADOLESCENT MEDICINE: TOWARDS EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE IN A YOUNG SPECIALTY -- THE PROBLEM -- THE SOLUTION -- INTRODUCTION -- EXCITING TIMES FOR A FIELD COMING OF AGE -- REFERENCES -- PART ONE: AUSTRALIAN YOUTH AND HEALTH -- Chapter 1THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF YOUNG AUSTRALIANS: PATTERNS, TRENDS, EXPLANATIONS AND RESPONSES -- INTRODUCTION -- PATTERNS AND TRENDS IN YOUNG PEOPLE'S WELL-BEING -- IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES? -- EXPLANATIONS FOR PATTERNS AND TRENDS IN WELL-BEING -- MODERN WESTERN CULTURE AND PROGRESS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2PUBERTAL TRANSITIONS IN HEALTH -- INTRODUCTION -- PUBERTY -- PUBERTAL TIMING -- Puberty and Adolescent Development -- Brain Changes -- CHRONIC PHYSICAL ILLNESS -- Sex Differences in Chronic Illnesses -- ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER, ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR AND SUBSTANCE USE -- MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS -- OTHER MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS -- Epilepsy -- MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS, PAIN AND SOMATIC SYMPTOMS -- OBESITY, POLYCYSTIC OVARIAN SYNDROME AND CARDIOVASCULAR RISK -- CANCER -- CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE MISUSE: THE MAJOR HEALTH CHALLENGE FOR YOUNG AUSTRALIANS -- LEADING CAUSES OF PREMATURE DEATH -- NEUROBIOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL CORRELATES -- OPPORTUNITIES FOR EARLY INTERVENTION -- HEALTH SYSTEM RESPONSES -- DELIVERING YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES -- PREVENTING SUICIDE -- NEW OPPORTUNITIES -- DEVELOPING NATIONAL PRIORITIES -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF AUSTRALIAN ADOLESCENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- THE AUSTRALIAN TEMPERAMENT PROJECT -- Antisocial Behaviour -- Substance Use -- Internalising Problems -- Positive Development.

CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS -- Implications for Intervention -- Risk Factors for Problem Outcomes -- Pathways to Adulthood - The Next Phase of the Study -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5TECHNOLOGY AND YOUNG PEOPLE'S MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING -- INTRODUCTION -- THE INTERNET AND YOUNG PEOPLE -- A SNAPSHOT OF THE EVIDENCE -- CONCEPTUALISING THE INTERNET AS A SETTING FOR PREVENTIVE INTERVENTIONS -- A CASE STUDY -- Reach Out! -- Element One -- Element Two -- Element Three -- Element Four -- Element Five -- Element Six -- Youth Engagement -- CONCLUDING THOUGHTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF ABORIGINAL ADOLESCENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- WESTERN AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL CHILD HEALTH SURVEY -- THE STUDY POPULATION -- FINDINGS FROM OUR SURVEY -- Physical Health -- Mental Health -- Suicidal Behaviour -- HEALTH RISK BEHAVIOURS -- Smoking -- Alcohol -- Marijuana -- Insufficient Physical Exercise -- Sexual Activity -- Safe-Sex Knowledge and Practice -- Teenage Pregnancy -- Inter-Generational Effects of Forced Separation -- Impact of Forced Separation on the Child's Primary Carer -- Impact of Forced Separation of Carers on the Well-Being of their Children and Adolescents -- Inter-Generational Effects -- DISCUSSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 7HEALTH STATUS OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN CONTACT WITH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM -- INTRODUCTION -- THE HEALTH STATUS OF ADOLESCENTS IN CONTACT WITH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM -- FINDINGS FROM THESE STUDIES -- Social and Family Background -- Intellectual Functioning and Educational Achievement -- Physical Health -- Mental Health and Drug and Alcohol Use -- Elements of Service Delivery -- HEALTH SURVEYS IN CONTEXT -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8OPTIMISING THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF REFUGEE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE: WHAT WILL IT TAKE? -- INTRODUCTION.

DEFINITIONS -- HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS -- SPECIFIC HEALTH ISSUES -- Nutrition and Growth -- Infectious Diseases and Immunisation -- Mental Health -- Child Protection And Sexual Violence -- Dental Health -- Adolescent Health Issues -- RESILIENCE AND WELL-BEING -- Access to Health Care -- RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HEALTH PRACTITIONERS AND HEALTH SERVICES -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- PART TWO: CLINICAL ISSUES AND APPROACHES -- Chapter 9BODY IMAGE AMONG AUSTRALIAN ADOLESCENTS: A PREVENTIVE SCHOOL BASED APPROACH -- INTRODUCTION -- THE MANY DIMNSIONS OF "CHILD HEALTH" -- BODY IMAGE AND HEALTH IN ADOLESCENTS -- Factors Associated with Body Image among Adolescents -- Body Image among Australian Adolescents -- Age and Pubertal Differences in Body Image among Adolescents -- Ethnic and Cultural Differences in Body Satisfaction and Body Perception -- Social Class Influences on Body Weight and Body Image -- The Relationship between Self-Concept, Perceived Body Weight and Body Image -- SELF CONCEPT, DIETARY RESTRAINT AND EATING DISTURBANCES -- Health Implications of Restrained Eating -- Dangerous Weight Control in Adolescents in the 2006 National Youth Cultures of Eating Study -- BODY IMAGE AND WEIGHT MESSAGES TARGETED AT ADOLESCENTS -- Media Literacy Approaches for Body Image Improvement -- Self Esteem Approaches for Body Image Improvement -- "Everybody's Different" -- A "Whole School" Approach to Body Image Improvement and Obesity Prevention -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 10ADOLESCENT OBESITY AS A MAJOR PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN -- INTRODUCTION -- MEASUREMENT OF OVERWEIGHT -- EPIDEMIOLOGY -- CAUSES OF OVERWEIGHT -- Food Habits -- Physical Activity -- Sedentary Behaviors -- CONSEQUENCES -- POLICY -- COMMUNITY-BASED INTERVENTIONS -- CLINICAL MANAGEMENT -- FUTURE DIRECTIONS -- REFERENCES.

Chapter 11THE FAMILY BASED TREATMENT OF ANOREXIA NERVOSA AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, WESTMEAD: IMPLEMENTATION, EXPERIENCE AND PRACTICE CHALLENGES -- INTRODUCTION -- THE MAUDSELY MODEL -- EVIDENCE BASED SUPPORT FOR THE MAUDSLEY MODEL -- CASE VIGNETTE -- Phase I: Re-feeding the Patient -- Setting Up Treatment -- The First Family Meeting -- The Family Meal -- Continued Focus on the Re-Feeding Process -- Phase II: Negotiating for a New Relationship -- Phase III: Adolescent Issues and Termination -- CHANGES BROUGHT ABOUT BY IMPLEMENTING THE MAUDSLEY MODEL. -- PRACTICE CHALLENGES -- The Parallel Process -- The Therapeutic Relationship with the Family -- Employing a Manualised Treatment in a Tertiary Setting -- Difficulty in Predicting which Families Will Succeed -- OUTREACH TO OTHER CLINICIANS AND RURAL AREAS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 12WHY HAS SMOKING IN AUSTRALIAN YOUTH NEVER BEEN LOWER? -- INTRODUCTION -- APPROACHES TO REDUCING YOUTH SMOKING UPTAKE -- School-Based Education -- Mass Media Campaigns -- Reducing Sales to Minors -- WHY SMOKING IS FALLING AMONG AUSTRALIAN YOUTH -- FUTURE OF YOUTH SMOKING PREVENTION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 13ALCOHOL, DRUGS AND AUSTRALIAN YOUNG PEOPLE -- INTRODUCTION -- CRITERIA FOR SUBSTANCE DEPENDENCE -- ALCOHOL -- Epidemiology -- Outcome -- Treatment -- TOBACCO -- Epidemiology -- Outcome -- Treatment -- CANNABIS -- Epidemiology -- Outcome -- Treatment -- STIMULANTS -- Epidemiology -- Outcome -- Treatment -- OPIATES -- Epidemiology -- Outcome -- Treatment -- PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 14APPROACHING ADULTHOOD WITH A CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITION: PROFESSIONALS' AND YOUNG PEOPLE'S PERSPECTIVES -- INTRODUCTION -- PROFESSIONAL PERSPECTIVES -- Physiological Development -- Cognitive Development -- Psychosocial Development and Well-Being -- Risk-Taking Behaviours.

Education and Employment -- Responsibility for Illness Management -- YOUNG PEOPLE'S PERSPECTIVES -- Living a Normal Life -- WORKING WITH ADOLESCENTS WITH A CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITION -- What Young People with a Chronic Health Condition Would Like from their Health Practitioners -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 15PROMOTING CULTURAL COMPETENCE IN ADOLESCENT HEALTH CARE -- INTRODUCTION -- CONCEPTS OF CULTURE AND ETHNICITY -- ADOLESCENCE - DEVELOPMENT AND DIVERSITY -- Culture and Adolescent Development -- Cross-Cultural Issues in Identity Formation -- Cultural Assumptions and Stereotypes -- CULTURAL FACTORS AFFECTING YOUNG PEOPLE'S HEALTH -- The Refugee Experience -- Indigenous Youth Health -- CULTURAL COMPETENCE IN ADOLESCENT HEALTH CARE -- Effective Communication -- Cultural Issues Around Diagnosis and Treatment -- Understanding the Role of Family in Different Cultures -- Addressing Language Difficulties -- ADDRESSING CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN A HEALTH CARE SETTINGS -- Research into Cultural Diversity "at Work" -- Ensuring a Culturally Competent Workforce -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 16YOUNG PEOPLE AND SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTION IN AUSTRALIA -- WHAT PUTS YOUNG PEOPLE AT RISK OF STI? -- SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR WITHN A MULTI-SYSTEMS FRAMEWORK -- PRIMARY PREVENTION -- Broader Healthy Youth Development Programmes Impacting on Sexual Health -- Vaccination -- Clinical Services -- SECONDARY PREVENTION -- Chlamydia Screening -- FUTURE VISIONS AND PRIORITIES -- REFERENCES -- PART THREE: IMPROVING HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE -- Chapter 17ADOLESCENT MEDICINE AND THE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SYSTEM -- INTRODUCTION -- CONTACT WITH PRIMARY HEALTH CARE -- THE YOUNG AND GENERAL PRACTICE -- OTHER ASPECTS OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE -- CHALLENGES AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS.

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