Whether glamorised or stigmatised, teenage parenthood is all too often used to stand for a host of social problems, and empirical research results ignored. Identifying core controversies surrounding teen pregnancy and parenting, this book resolves misperceptions using findings from large-scale, longitudinal, and qualitative research studies from the US and other Western countries. Summarising the evidence and integrating …
Sharing their personal experiences, pregnant and parenting teens offer young expectant mothers advice for carrying and delivering a healthy baby in this invaluable guide. Nutrition, childbirth preparation classes, potential labor and delivery experiences, and exercise are discussed, as are the risks of smoking, drinking alcohol, and taking drugs. The importance of staying in school, graduating, and gaining job …
Teen Health, Building Character and Preventing Bullying 2014
Building Character and Preventing Bullying provide values education which focuses on the development of good character through trust, respect, responsibility, and fairness. The Building Character chapter also provides students with information on being a good citizen. Part of character education includes recognizing bullying and understanding how bullying impacts teens. The Bullying and Cyberbullying chapter also provides students with …
Preventing Diseases helps students understand how communicable diseases are spread and what they can do to prevent the spread of diseases. The Noncommunicable Diseases chapter discusses some of the risk factors associated with these diseases, as well as summarizing current treatments for each condition. Each print module contains the same front matter section, titled Your Health and Wellness. …
Safety and A Healthy Environment* summarizes ways that students can practice safe habits at home, school, and out of doors. Each lesson focuses on describing risk followed by safe habits. The chapter also includes information on how to respond to simple emergencies, and to understand the Hands-Free CPR process. In Green Schools and Environmental Health, students learn how …
Happy Days Healthy Living: From Sit-Com Teen to the Health-Food Scene
Both a celebrity autobiography and the tale of a journey to healthful and a living-foods lifestyle, Happy Days Healthy Living chronicles the Hollywood childhood and acting career of Cathy Silvers, daughter of iconic comedian Phil Silvers. The first half of the book’s title references Cathy’s years as a cast member of the popular TV series Happy Days, on …