The promise of adolescence realizing opportunity for all youth

Our nation's youth hold the key to our future well-being. Investing generously in them will create a "more perfect union." That is the central message of this consensus report on the "promise of adolescence" sponsored by the Funders for Adolescent Science Translation, a cons...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (-)
Autores Corporativos: National Academies of Sciences, Engineer (Washington, District of Columbia), author (author), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Board on Children, Youth, and Families, issuing body (issuing body), National Academies Press (U.S.), printer (printer)
Otros Autores: Bonnie, Richard J., editor (editor), Backes, Emily P., editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, District of Columbia : The National Academies Press [2019]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Summary
  • Part I : Adolescence as a period of opportunity
  • Introduction
  • Adolescent development
  • How environment "gets under the skin" : the continuous interplay between biology and environment
  • Inequity and adolescence
  • Part II : using developmental knowledge to assure opportunity for all youth
  • Education
  • Health system
  • Child welfare system
  • Justice system
  • The scientific opportunity
  • References
  • Appendixes