Holistic Health in Children: Conceptualization, Assessment and Potential

• Main Authors: Michaelson, Valerie (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), King, Nathan (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Pickett, William (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Well-Being and Quality of Life Research,
• Subjects: Well-being.; Children.; Medical research.; Health psychology.; Child Well-being.; Quality of Life Research.; Health Psychology.

This book presents the results of the Canadian Holistic Health in Children project. Rooted in an ancient concept, this study addresses some novel thinking surrounding the assessment of health and its determinants in adolescent populations. Holism refers to the assessment of complex systems as compos...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Introduction to Holism
• Chapter 2: Child Perceptions of Health
• Chapter 3: Metaphors and Child Health
• Chapter 4: Testing the Theory of Holism in Child Health Settings Using Quantitative Approaches
• Chapter 5: Integration of Findings.