Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Introduction
Playing with Fire
Joav Merrick and Hatim A Omar
SECTION ONE – SCHOOL AND ADOLESCENT HEALTH
Chapter 1
Cost Effectiveness of School Screening for Scoliosis: A Systematic Review
Debbie Ehrmann Feldman, Marie Beauséjour, José Félix Sosa, Lise Goulet, Stefan Parent, Hubert Labelle and the members of the Quebec Scoliosis Society and the Canadian Pediatric Spinal Deformities Study Group
Chapter 2
Predictors of Regular Health Checkups for Young adults
Laura A Nabors, Heather D Lehmkuhl-Yardley, Anna M Drury-Egan, Irina S Parkins and Emily A Iobst
Chapter 3
Community-based Interventions can Expand Access to Comprehensive Reproductive Health and HIV Information and Services for Married Adolescent Girls
Chi-Chi Undie, Harriet Birungi, Francis Obare, Wilson Liambila and Ian Askew
Chapter 4
The Between-Person and Within-Person Variability of Light Physical Activity among a Group of Rural Adolescents
Molly R Matthews-Ewald, George A Kelley, Matthew Gurka, Stephanie S Frost, Lucas C Moore, Carole V Harris, Andrew S Bradlyn, Keith J Zullig, Kevin Larkin and Meghan E Reeves
Chapter 5
Looking within the School Day: Does Activity Compensation Occur with Light Physical Activity?
Molly R Matthews-Ewald, George A Kelley, Matthew Gurka, Stephanie S Frost, Lucas C Moore, Carole V Harris, Andrew S Bradlyn, Keith J Zullig and Kevin Larkin
Chapter 6
Assessing Adolescent Contexts: Measures of Families, Peers, Schools and Neighborhoods
Mark J Benson, PhD and Caitlin Faas
Chapter 7
How Does the Quality in Preschool Affect Children’s Health and Wellbeing?
Karin Renblad and Jane Brodin
Chapter 8
Assessment of Alcohol Drinking Habits among Secondary School Students in Grenada with Interest on the Impact of Alcohol Advertising Viewership
Brian J Shayota, Kim Oelhafen and Cecilia Hegamin-Younger
Chapter 9
Barriers to Adolescents Accessing Sexual Reproductive Health Care in Grenada
Cecilia Hegamin-Younger, Shawn Khan, Rohan Jeremiah and Christine Richards
SECTION TWO – PLAYING WITH FIRE
Chapter 10
Firesetting and Maltreatment: A Review
Amy L Burnett and Hatim A Omar
Chapter 11
Long-term Consequences of Childhood Sexual Abuse
Lesley Davidson and Hatim A Omar
Chapter 12
Firesetting Behavior and Associated Comorbid Psychiatric Disorders
Stephanie J Stockburger and Hatim A Omar
Chapter 13
Assessment and Treatment of Youth Fire-Setting: A Clinical Perspective
Marlene Belew Huff
Chapter 14
Academic Predictors and Characteristics of Self-Reported Juvenile Firesetting
Carrie Howell Bowling and Hatim A Omar
SECTION THREE – CHRONIC ILLNESS, INTERNET AND TEENAGE PREGNANCY
Chapter 15
Anorexia Nervosa in Adolescence: Current Concepts of Medical and Psychological Assessment and Management
Lyubov Matytsina, Donald E Greydanus, Irina V Babenko-Sorocopud and Laura Matytsina
Chapter 16
Systematic Review of Peer Support Interventions for Adolescents with Chronic Illness
Sara Ahola Kohut, Jennifer Stinson, Margaret van Wyk, Lidia Giosa and Stephanie Luca
Chapter 17
Significance of Self-Image and Identity in Youth Development
Søren Ventegodt and Joav Merrick
Chapter 18
Middle School Age Children’s Acceptance of a Child with a Facial Scar
Norine C Veeneman, Jennifer M Rohan and Laura A Nabors
Chapter 19
Bonding and Internet Addiction in Adolescent Boys and Girls in Hong Kong
Daniel TL Shek, Tracy Wong and Moon YM Law
Chapter 20
Effectiveness of a Child-Only and a Child-Plus-Parent Nutritional Education Program
Timothy Baghurst and Kelly Eichmann
Chapter 21
State-Wise Variation in Teenage Birth Rates in the United States: Role of Teenage Birth Prevention Policies
Lester R Collins Jr, Brandi Jean Felderhoff, Youn Kyoung Kim, Cecilia Mengo and Vijayan K Pillai
Chapter 22
Adolescent Medicine: What can be Learned from an International Collaboration?
Sinem Akgül and Terrill Bravender
SECTION FOUR – SUBSTANCE ABUSE
Chapter 23
Substance use Disorders and Psychosocial Treatment
Ahsan Nazeer and Michael R Liepman
Chapter 24
Smoking Cessation Treated with Pharmacologic Agents
Dilip R Patel and Danielle Hirsch
Chapter 25
Substance Abuse and Marijuana
Donald E Greydanus, Elizabeth K Hawver, Megan M Greydanus and Joav Merrick
Chapter 26
Alcohol use Disorders: Primary Care Management
Angela Nash and Oscar G Bukstein
Chapter 27
Misuse of Opioids and other Prescription Drugs, Over-the-Counter Drugs and Heroin
Joseph L Calles Jr
Chapter 28
Illegal Stimulant Abuse
Marc Lener, Sarah Ann Anderson and Iliyan Ivanov
Chapter 29
Date Rape Drugs
Colleen Dodich and Monika Siedlarz
Chapter 30
Substance Abuse and the Primary Care Clinician
Ray Chih-Jui Hsiao, Kristin A Miselis and Christopher K Varley
SECTION FIVE – ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Chapter 31
About the editor
Chapter 32
About the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
SECTION SIX – INDEX
Index
