Convinced that he is a hypochondriac, fourteen-year-old Peter decides to keep a diary in which he records the facts about his various ailments.

The diary of a teenage health freak

MacFarlane, Aidan

Oxford University Press

The aim of this book is to encourage health workers to achieve the highest immunization levels possible. Immunization offers protection to the individual, prevents substantial outbreaks of infectious disease, and in the case of smallpox, has led to the world-wide eradication of a serious, lethal disease. With high levels of immunization uptake, a "herd immunity" is achieved, which helps protect those children who cannot be immunized. The book provides information on history taking, consent, record keeping, storage, information retrieval, and new vaccines, and advocates the use of immunization uptake levels as a measure of the effectiveness of the primary health care team.

Immunizing Children (Practical Guides for General Practice)

Medical Books

Sefi, Sue

Medicine

With over a million copies sold worldwide and translated into 22 languages, the Health Freak books have been a global publishing phenomenon, bringing both fun and vital health education to teenagers the world over. The Truth has the popular question-and-answer format of the Health Freak series based on genuine questions emailed by kids to the authors' award-winning health advice website (teenagehealthfreak.org). Frank, down-to-earth answers are given by the authors, both of whom are doctors specializing in teenage health issues. It includes chapters on Bullying, Relationships, Stress, Sex, Drugs and Weight. Teenage Health Freak titles include: The Diary of a Teenage Health Freak; The Diary of the Other Health Freak; RU a Teenage Health Freak?; Health Freak: Sex; Health Freak: Drugs, Health Freak: Bullying, Health Freak: Relationships, Health Freak: Stress. The authors' other books include Mum I Feel Funny (which won the Times Education Supplement Information Book Award), Me and My Mates, The Virgin Now Boarding, and Fresher Pressure. Most recently they published a book for parents about the teenage years called Teenagers: the agony, the ecstasy, the answers. The authors also run the extremely successful website on which this book is based - www.teenagehealthfreak.org - which receives over 150,000 hits a week and recently won the BUPA communication award.

The Truth: A Teenager's Survival Guide

A fully revised and updated edition for the 21st century, this is the book that teenagers can rely on to give them the facts of life - and make them laugh.When Pete Payne's diary was originally revealed to an unsuspecting world the result was astonishing; teenagers piled out from behind the bike shed to grab it from their friends; relieved teachers and startled parents were to be seen surreptitiously checking facts in well-thumbed copies.For teenagers who want to know but are too embarrassed to ask, for parents who know some of it but are too embarrassed to answer, and for teachers who know most of it but don't have the time to explain.

The Diary of a Teenage Health Freak

McPherson, Ann

Children's Books

Oxford Univ. Pr.

Why do other kids pick on me? How can I zap these spots? Why are my parents always fighting? Why have my periods stopped? Find the answers to these and zillions of other questions on...sex and growing up, weight and diet, relationships and family problems, smoking, drinking and drugs, stress and depression, and much, much more. This title includes: real questions drawn from over 8,500 emails sent to the award-winning teenagehealthfreak.org website, which has had over 6 million hits since its launch in 2000; and question-and-answer format, which speaks directly to teenagers. The two existing "Health Freak" books - "Diary of a Teenage Health Freak" and "Diary of the Other Health Freak" - have sold over 1 million copies worldwide. They have also been translated into 22 foreign languages, and were made into two six-part TV series for Channel 4.

R U A Teenage Health Freak?

With over a million copies sold worldwide and translated into 22 languages, the "Health Freak" books have been a global publishing phenomenon, bringing both fun and vital health education to teenagers the world over. "Health Freak: Bullying" has the popular question-and-answer format of the "Health Freak" series ("Sex", "Drugs"), based on genuine questions emailed by kids to the authors' award-winning health advice website (teenagehealthfreak.org). Frank, down-to-earth answers are given by the authors, both of whom are doctors specializing in teenage health issues. Bullying is a perennial and highly damaging problem affecting many thousands of children - boys and girls of all ages. It is a matter of desperate concern for those affected and for their parents and teachers, and is among the issues most frequently raised by kids in their emails to the authors' website. Bullying is currently much in the media spotlight and the target in the UK of a major government-sponsored initiative. It is also prominent within the UK National Curriculum (in the guidelines for PSHE at KS2 and KS3). Aidan Macfarlane ran the Child and Adolescent Health services for the Oxfordshire Health Authority. He is now an international freelance consultant in child and adolescent health. Ann Mcpherson is a general practitioner with extensive experience of young people and their problems, and a lecturer in the Department of Primary Health Care at the University of Oxford. "Teenage Health Freak" titles include: "The Diary of a Teenage Health Freak"; "The Diary of the Other Health Freak"; "RU a Teenage Health Freak?"; "Health Freak: Sex"; and "Health Freak: Drugs". The authors' other books include: "Mum I Feel Funny" (which won the Times Education Supplement Information Book Award), "Me and My Mates", "The Virgin Now Boarding", and "Fresher Pressure". Most recently, they published a book for parents about the teenage years called "Teenagers: The Agony, The Ecstasy, The Answers".

Bullying (Teenage Health Freak)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Steve, Jerry, Rachel, David, Miranda and Tony, all aged 16 to 17, are going to their last school dance. Issues including sex, drugs, AIDS, alcohol, pollution, parental relationships and careers are covered by the six characters as the evening progresses.

Me and My Mates

Garland, Sarah

Literature & Fiction

Pan/Macmillan

In his diary, teenager Eric Mason records his anxieties and fears, along with factual information, about drugs, dating, AIDS, moodiness, smoking, personal hygiene, and more.

Will the Nurse Make Me Take My Underwear

Schwartz, Joel L.

Laurel-Leaf

Macfarlane: Psychology Childbirth (Clo (The Developing child) [Jan 01, 1977] MacFarlane, Aidan ...

The psychology of childbirth (The Developing child)

Harvard University Press

The physical process of birth is no longer as mysterious as it once was. But many unanswered psychological questions still surround the birth of a child. In this remarkably appealing and personable book, pediatrician Aidan Macfarlane takes a careful look at a large number of these important psychological unknowns.
On Macfarlane's agenda: Can a woman's emotional attitude toward pregnancy cause “morning sickness,” influence the smoothness of labor and delivery, or shape the child's behavior after birth? Can the mother-child relationship be adversely affected by separation immediately after birth? Is the quality of the birth experience improved by home delivery? What are the psychological effects of pain-killing drugs on mother and child? What, if anything, does the unborn infant see, hear, and feel inside the womb? Is birth a psychological trauma for the child and, if so, how can it be alleviated?
Although Dr. Macfarlane refuses to provide easy answers to any of these questions, his clear discussion of the available evidence is not without important consequences for the way in which we understand birth and manage it in our society.

The Psychology of Childbirth (The Developing Child)

Psychology & Counseling

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