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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Shlafer, Rebecca
• Hergenroeder, Albert C.
• Jean Emans, S.
• Rickert, Vaughn I.
• Adger, Hoover
• Spear, Bonnie
• Irwin, Charles E.
• Kreipe, Richard E.
• Walker, Leslie R.
• Resnick, Michael D.

Titel

Adolescence as a Critical Stage in the MCH Life Course Model: Commentary for the Leadership Education in Adolescent Health (LEAH) Interdisciplinary Training Program Projects

Ist Teil von

• Maternal and child health journal, 2014-02, Vol.18 (2), p.462-466

Ort / Verlag

Boston: Springer US

Erscheinungsjahr

2014

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The Life Course Perspective (LCP), or Model, is now a guiding framework in Maternal and Child Health (MCH) activities, including training, supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Maternal and Child Health Bureau. As generally applied, the LCP tends to focus on pre- through post-natal stages, infancy and early childhood, with less attention paid to adolescents as either the “maternal” or “child” elements of MCH discourse. Adolescence is a distinct developmental period with unique opportunities for the development of health, competence and capacity and not merely a transitional phase between childhood and adulthood. Adequately addressing adolescents’ emergent and ongoing health needs requires well-trained and specialized professionals who recognize the unique role of this developmental period in the LCP.