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Adolescent Health: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Theory, Research, and Intervention

Name: Adolescent Health: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Theory, Research, and Intervention
Author: D. Lynn Rew
ISBN: 9780761929116

by D. Lynn Rew

Publisher: SAGE Publications
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780761929116

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Synopsis of Adolescent Health: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Theory, Research, and Intervention

A textbook on theories about adolescent health and health-risk behavior for graduate students in various disciplines. Among the topics are development, self-care, stress and coping, resilience and protection, social cognition, and health belief. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

About the Author, D. Lynn Rew

Lynn Rew is the Denton & Louise Cooley & Family Centennial Professor in Nursing at The University of Texas at Austin. Born and raised in rural Iowa, she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from the University of Hawaii in Honolulu and earned both a Master of Science degree in Community Health Nursing and a Doctor of Education degree in Counselor Education from Northern Illinois University in DeKalb. In 1996 she completed a post-doctoral fellowship in Adolescent Health at the University of Minnesota School of Medicine where Michael D. Resnick, Ph.D., served as her supervising mentor. At The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing, Lynn serves as Graduate Advisor and is Director of the Southwest Partnership Center for Health Disparities Research. She is currently principal investigator on two R01 studies, funded by the National Institutes of Health, focusing on adolescent health-risk behaviors. She also serves as Editor of the Journal of Holistic Nursing. Lynn and her husband, dick (who prefers his name spelled with the lower case), have two grown children and have known each other since junior high school. Lynn and dick reside in Austin, Texas.