Bernat Debra Hilkene, Resnick Michael D
Healthy Youth Development Prevention Research Center, Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455, USA.
J Public Health Manag Pract. 2006 Nov;Suppl:S10-6. doi: 10.1097/00124784-200611001-00004.
Research over the past decade indicates that healthy youth development strategies-the deliberate process of providing all youth with the support, relationship experiences, resources, and opportunities needed to become successful and competent adults-are promising approaches for preventing or reducing a wide range of adolescent health-risk behaviors. In this article, we describe the history, science, and practice of healthy youth development. First, a brief overview of barriers to healthy youth development including obstacles the United States will face in the coming decades for meetings the needs of all youth is provided. We present the history of resiliency research that illuminated the concepts "risk factors," "protective factors," and "healthy youth development," and provide definitions of each of these concepts. Next, we discuss select empirical evidence supporting youth development strategies and highlight the events and experiences in the lives of youth that have been consistently shown to protect youth against a broad range of health-risk behaviors. Finally, we describe elements of effective interventions for promoting the healthy development of all young people.
过去十年的研究表明，健康的青少年发展策略——即有目的地为所有青少年提供成为成功且有能力的成年人所需的支持、人际关系体验、资源和机会的过程——是预防或减少青少年广泛健康风险行为的有效方法。在本文中，我们描述了健康青少年发展的历史、科学和实践。首先，简要概述了健康青少年发展的障碍，包括美国在未来几十年满足所有青少年需求时将面临的障碍。我们介绍了复原力研究的历史，该研究阐明了“风险因素”“保护因素”和“健康青少年发展”等概念，并给出了这些概念的定义。接下来，我们讨论支持青少年发展策略的一些实证证据，并强调青少年生活中那些一直被证明能保护他们免受广泛健康风险行为影响的事件和经历。最后，我们描述了促进所有年轻人健康发展的有效干预措施的要素。
