Citation

Gillis A. Int. Nurs. Rev. 1988; 35(1): 10-12.

Affiliation

Department of Nursing, St Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, International Council of Nurses, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3343085

Abstract

The need for health promotion programmes geared to adolescents has never been more acute. Today's youth lives in a "throw away society" characterized by an impermanence of both objects and human relations--which works counter to traditional health values and practices. The result has been a rise in teenage drug-addiction, suicide, abortion, delinquency and alcoholism. How can we make nurses and health services more accessible to adolescents? Below, Angela Gillis describes a model for adolescent health promotion and provides some practical suggestions for dealing more effectively with this age group.

Language: en