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Young People and AIDS Mental Health Promotion in Action
Author(s) -
SCHARER KATHLEEN,
CHALLBERG CAROL,
REARICK TERRI
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6171
pISSN - 1073-6077
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6171.1990.tb00447.x
Subject(s) - promotion (chess) , mental health , health promotion , action (physics) , psychology , cognition , health education , medical education , primary prevention , nursing , medicine , psychiatry , public health , political science , physics , quantum mechanics , politics , law , disease , pathology
This article describes the development and implementation of a two part health promotion and primary mental health prevention program developed for junior high students. AIDS education was used as a vehicle for promoting the development of a responsible decision‐making framework in the students. Both cognitive and affective learning strategies were used in the program. The reactions of the students, their parents, and the educational system are described.