The goal of this book is to explore the ways in which health behavior develops in childhood, in the context of childhood socialization processes. The book reviews the historical and contemporary perspectives utilized in portraying the dynamics of childrens physical health, a developmental analysis of childrens and parents attitudes and behavior concerning childrens health, the role of parents, schools, and the media in influencing childrens health attitudes and behavior, and how health attitudes, behaviors, and outcomes are affected by the social ecology of childrens rearing environments.
1. Mechanisms and consequences of socializing children to be healthy; 2. Childrens health understanding and behavior; 3. Parents health beliefs; 4. Parents promotion of childrens health; 5. Parents promotion of childrens sexual health; 6. Peers, schools, and childrens health; 7. How television viewing and other media use affects childrens health; 8. The social ecology of childrens health socialization; 9. Summary and conclusions.
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