Adolescent Decision Making

Adolescent Decision Making

Implications for Prevention Programs: Summary of a Workshop

  • Autor: Kipke, Michele; Crowell, Nancy A.; Fischhoff, Baruch
  • Editor: National Academies Press
  • ISBN: 9780309064798
  • eISBN Pdf: 9780309518857
  • eISBN Epub: 9780309172998
  • Lloc de publicació:  United States
  • Any de publicació digital: 1999
  • Mes: Maig
  • Pàgines: 32
  • DDC: 614
  • Idioma: Anglés

Interest in the role that decision making plays in adolescents' involvement in high-risk behaviors led the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Planning and Evaluation of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to request the Board on Children, Youth, and Families to convene a workshop on adolescent decision making. The Board on Children, Youth, and Families is a joint activity of the National Research Council (NRC) and the Institute of Medicine. A workshop was held on January 6-7, 1998, to examine what is known about adolescents' decision-making skills and the implications of that knowledge for programs to further their healthy development.

  • Front Matter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • INTRODUCTION
  • MEASURING DIFFUSION EFFECTS
  • CHANNELS OF DIFFUSION
  • DIFFUSION VERSUS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND STRUCTURAL CHANGE AS EXPLANATIONS OF FERTILITY TRANSITIONS
  • PUBLIC POLICY IMPLICATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS
  • References
  • Appendix Workshop Papers