Rural Adolescent Health: Issues, Behaviors and Self-Reported Awareness

Focusing on international health issues in adolescent medicine, this issue of Adolescent Medicine: State of the Art Reviews is a stand-alone reference and practice tool with evidence-based reviews that detail advances in the diagnosis and management of a wide range of health problems affecting adolescents. Topics in International Health Issues in Adolescents include "Adolescent Health in an International Context: The Challenge of Sexual and Reproductive Health in Sub-Saharan Africa," "Poverty and Inequity in Adolescent Health," "Obesity and Nutrition in Adolescents," "Adolescent Substance Abuse: An International Perspective," "Burden of Non-sexually Transmitted Infections on Adolescent Health and Development in the Developing World," "Addressing Ethical Dilemmas in the Clinical Care of Adolescents: An International View," "Children, Adolescents, and War: The Systematic Engagement of Youth in Collective Violence," "Chronic Illness and Disability in Adolescents: An International Perspective," "Culture and Youth Development," "A Global Perspective of Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: Context Matters," and "The Mongolia Experience: Transitioning Within Transition."

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Multiple Solitudes

Governance, Communication, and Innovation in a Knowledge Intensive Society ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-4157-0.ch014 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 168-179

Author(s):

Lorayne Robertson ◽

Dianne Thomson

Keyword(s):

Adolescent Health ◽

Policy Development ◽

Digital Technologies ◽

Ministry Of Education ◽

Knowledge Mobilization ◽

Health Issues ◽

Curriculum Policy ◽

Digital Curriculum ◽

Curriculum Policies ◽

Research And Policy

In this paper, the authors examine the potential and the reality of pan-Canadian digital curriculum policy access in the current web-enabled global landscape. The authors discuss theory related to the affordances offered by digital technologies for the sharing of research and policy, as well as theory relative to knowledge mobilization and communities of practice, both of which support collaboration and consultation for informed policy development. The authors present their findings from two investigations to test digital access to curriculum policies across Canada’s provinces and territories through their Ministry of Education websites. Through this analysis, the authors provide evidence of the current affordances and barriers related to digital access to curriculum policies and offer suggestions to facilitate knowledge mobilization around curricular responses to child and adolescent health issues.

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