TY - JOUR
T1 - Healthy youth development
T2 - Science and strategies
AU - Bernat, Debra Hilkene
AU - Resnick, Michael D
PY - 2006/11
Y1 - 2006/11
N2 - Research over the past decade indicates that healthy youth development strategies-the deliberate process of providing all youth with the support, relationship experiences, resources, and opportunities needed to become successful and competent adults-are promising approaches for preventing or reducing a wide range of adolescent health-risk behaviors. In this article, we describe the history, science, and practice of healthy youth development. First, a brief overview of barriers to healthy youth development including obstacles the United States will face in the coming decades for meetings the needs of all youth is provided. We present the history of resiliency research that illuminated the concepts "risk factors," "protective factors," and "healthy youth development," and provide definitions of each of these concepts. Next, we discuss select empirical evidence supporting youth development strategies and highlight the events and experiences in the lives of youth that have been consistently shown to protect youth against a broad range of health-risk behaviors. Finally, we describe elements of effective interventions for promoting the healthy development of all young people.
AB - Research over the past decade indicates that healthy youth development strategies-the deliberate process of providing all youth with the support, relationship experiences, resources, and opportunities needed to become successful and competent adults-are promising approaches for preventing or reducing a wide range of adolescent health-risk behaviors. In this article, we describe the history, science, and practice of healthy youth development. First, a brief overview of barriers to healthy youth development including obstacles the United States will face in the coming decades for meetings the needs of all youth is provided. We present the history of resiliency research that illuminated the concepts "risk factors," "protective factors," and "healthy youth development," and provide definitions of each of these concepts. Next, we discuss select empirical evidence supporting youth development strategies and highlight the events and experiences in the lives of youth that have been consistently shown to protect youth against a broad range of health-risk behaviors. Finally, we describe elements of effective interventions for promoting the healthy development of all young people.
KW - Adolescents
KW - Health-risk behaviors
KW - Healthy youth development
KW - Protective factors
KW - Risk factors
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U2 - 10.1097/00124784-200611001-00004
DO - 10.1097/00124784-200611001-00004
M3 - Review article
C2 - 17035894
AN - SCOPUS:33750083896
SN - 1078-4659
VL - 12
SP - S10-S16
JO - Journal of Public Health Management and Practice
JF - Journal of Public Health Management and Practice
IS - SUPPL. 6
ER -