Health Promotion for Children and Adolescents

Maya Rom Korin, PhD, is currently an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and has taught graduate classes in health literacy, child and adolescent health promotion, women's health, and urban public health. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship in behavioral cardiovascular health at Columbia University Medical center as well as a medical ethics fellowship at Weill Cornell Medical College. Dr. Korin received her Ph.D. in Sociomedical Sciences and her M.S. in Epidemiology from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. She has broad public health research experience focusing on the social determinants of health and disease, and is well trained in both quantitative and qualitative methodologies.

Part I: The Foundation.- Introduction: What is Child and Adolescent Health Promotion.- Basics of Health Promotion.- Part II: Socioecological Approach to Child and Adolescent Health.- Socioeconomic Determinants of Child and Adolescent Health.- Poverty and Child Health.- Family and Culture in Adolescent and Child Health.- Part III: Children and Adolescent Psychological Wellness.- Childhood Stress and Resilience.- ADD/ADHD.- Mental Health Issues in Children.- Youth Suicide.- Part IV: Children and Adolescents in the Health Care System.- Chronic Illnesses in Children and Adolescents.- Confidentiality in Adolescent Health.- Part V: Social and Behavioral Wellness in Children and Adolescents.- Preventing Risky Sexual Behavior.- Sexuality and Gender Issues.- Alcohol and Tobacco Use.- Substance Abuse.- Violence and Aggressive Behavior.- Part VI: Dietary Health in Children and Adolescents.- Obesity: A Growing Epidemic.- Eating Disorders in Adolescents.- Eating Disorder or Disordered Eating? An Integrated Approach to Obesity and Anorexia.- Part VII: Child Abuse and the Foster Care System.- Child Abuse.- Foster Care System.