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How children learn to be healthy /

The goal of this book is to explore the ways in which health behavior develops in childhood, in the context of childhood socialization processes. The book reviews the historical and contemporary perspectives utilized in portraying the dynamics of children's physical health, a developmental anal...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Tinsley, Barbara J., 1950-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2003.
Series:International studies on child and adolescent health.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Mechanisms and consequences of socializing children to be healthy
  • Children's health understanding and behavior
  • Parents' health beliefs
  • Parents' promotion of their children's health
  • Parents' promotion of their children's sexual health
  • Peers, schools, and children's health
  • How television viewing and other media use affect children's health
  • The social ecology of children's health socialization
  • Summary and conclusions.