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CIAO DATE: 06/05
Volume 10, Number 1, January 2005
Full Issue (PDF, 36 pages, 1.60 Mb)
Contents
About This Issue (PDF, 1 page, 115.2 Kb)
The Editors
Adolescent Health: Global Issues, Local Challenges (PDF, 3 pages, 513.6 Kb) , Robert Blum, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D., William H. Gates Sr. Chair, the Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Rapidly changing social and economic conditions around the world present new risks to the growth and development of young people.
My Own Words: Mia Hamm on Self-Esteem and Sports (PDF, 2 pages, 100.2 Kb)
America's best-known female football player shares memories of her own adolescence and ideas on how to cope with life's rough patches.
KidsHealth Offers Answers (PDF, 2 pages, 103.9 Kb) , Neil Izenberg, Pediatrician and Editor in Chief, KidsHealth
An awarding-winning Web site gives youngsters straight talk online about health issues that matter to them.
Protecting Youth From AIDS in the Developing World (PDF, 3 pages, 135.3 Kb) , Constance A. Carrino, Director, Office of HIV/AIDS, Bureau for Global Health, U.S. Agency for International Development
The U.S. Agency for International Development sponsors several programs dealing with health and lifestyle that enable youngsters to better protect themselves from HIV infection.
My Own Words: Shawn Bradley on Being Different (PDF, 2 pages, 95.0 Kb)
A player with the National Basketball Association's Dallas Mavericks recalls how he dealt with teasing and ridicule as a child.
The Global Epidemic of Obesity (PDF, 4 pages, 152.5 Kb) , Constance A. Carrino, Director, Office of HIV/AIDS, Bureau for Global Health, U.S. Agency for International Development
The U.S. Agency for International Development sponsors several programs dealing with health and lifestyle that enable youngsters to better protect themselves from HIV infection.
My Own Words: Marvin Lewis on Finding Your Way (PDF, 1 pages, 97.8 Kb)
A star collegiate athlete who graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology offers advice on choosing a life path.
Promises That Work (PDF, 3 pages, 113.7 Kb)
Marguerite W. Sallee, President and Chief Executive Officer, America's Promise-Alliance for Youth America's Promise is a nonprofit alliance that rallies organizations of all kinds to keep promises that promote safety, security, and health care for youth.
My Own Words: Eliseo Quintanilla on Growing Up Fast (PDF, 1 pages, 93.7 Kb)
A professional football player with D.C. United describes his experiences entering professional sports and moving to the United States from his native El Salvador at a very young age.
Environmental Health Risks to Young People (PDF, 4 pages, 326.0 Kb) , Lynn R. Goldman, M.D., M.P.H., Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Growing young people may have greater vulnerabilities than adults to risks and toxins in the environment.