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R Petosa

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Emerging trends in adolescent health promotion.

Social learning theory has had a major impact on the recent development of adolescent health promotion programs. By expanding traditional, knowledge-based curricula to address social, psychological and environmental factors associated with the development of health-related actions, the effectiveness of health education programs can be increased. Rigorous evaluations of these innovative programs provide a research base for the development of a comprehensive health promotion model. This paper describes recent developments in the psychosocial approach to adolescent health behavior. The paper concludes with a proposed definition of health promotion and a comprehensive model of health promotion derived from both theory and research. This review underscores the importance of theory for: contributing to the development of progressively more sophisticated health education programs deriving meaningful conclusions from the evaluation of these programs.

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Adolescent wellness: implications for effective health education programs.

Adolescence is often viewed as a period of development fraught with "problems" that need to be prevented. Problem-oriented health education often fails to serve the developmental needs of young people, thereby compromising program effectiveness. This article describes some important developmental tasks of adolescence from a wellness perspective. The effectiveness of many programs can be improved by a shift in focus from "problem prevention" to wellness promotion.

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