Child Health Behavior A Behavioral Pediatrics Perspective

Partial table of contents: CHILD HEALTH BEHAVIOR: AN INTRODUCTION (N. A. Krasnegor). PERSPECTIVES. Developmental Psychobiologic Implications for Pediatrics (M. Green). A Behavioral Perspective on Child Health (J. V. Brady). Advances and Gaps in a Behavioral Methodology of Pediatric Medicine (D. M. Baer). Biopsychosocial and Epidemiologic Perspectives on Adolescent Health (A. F. Brunswick & C. R. Merzel). DETERMINANTS. Developmental Determinants and Child Health Behavior: Research Priorities.(F. D. Horowitz & M. O2Brien). A Behavioral Systems Perspective in Childhood Psychopathology: Expanding the Three-Term Operant Contingency(R. G. Wahler & D. M. Hann). PREVENTION. Appropriate Functions of Health Education in Schools: Improving Health and Cognitive Performance.(L. Kolbe & L. Green). Smoking Prevention Programs for Adolescents: Rationale and Review (H. H. Severson & E. Lichtenstein). Social and Behavioral Aspects of Obesity in Children (K. D. Brownell). TREATMENT. Management of Behavior Problems in Primary Care Settings (E. R. Christophersen). Biobehavioral Assessment and Management of Pediatric Pain (J. W. Varni & K. L. Thompson). Medical Compliance in Pediatric Practice (E. R. Christophersen, J. W. Finney & P. C. Friman). Parent Compliance with Medical and Behavioral Recommendations(J. M. Parrish). Chronicity and Normalcy as the Psychological Basis for Research and Treatment in Chronic Disease in Children (D. C. Russo). FUTURE DIRECTIONS. Research Strategies and Future Directions in Behavioral Pediatrics(M. F. Cataldo). Concepts for training in Behavioral Pediatrics (B. J. Howard & J. Smith). Index.Krasnegor, Norman A. is the author of 'Child Health Behavior A Behavioral Pediatrics Perspective' with ISBN 9780471822615 and ISBN 0471822612.