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Locating and applying sociological theories of risk-taking to develop public health interventions for adolescents
Sociological theories seldom inform public health interventions at the community level. The reasons for this are unclear but may include difficulties in finding, understanding or operationalising theories. We conducted a study to explore the feasibility of locating sociological theories within a spe...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4409085/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25999784 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14461242.2015.1008537 |
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description | Sociological theories seldom inform public health interventions at the community level. The reasons for this are unclear but may include difficulties in finding, understanding or operationalising theories. We conducted a study to explore the feasibility of locating sociological theories within a specific field of public health, adolescent risk-taking, and to consider their potential for practical application. We identified a range of sociological theories. These explained risk-taking: (i) as being due to lack of social integration; (ii) as a consequence of isolation from mainstream society; (iii) as a rite of passage; (iv) as a response to social constraints; (v) as resistance; (vi) as an aspect of adolescent development; (vii) by the theory of the ‘habitus’; (viii) by situated rationality and social action theories; and (ix) as social practice. We consider these theories in terms of their potential to inform public health interventions for young people. |
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spelling | pubmed-44090852015-05-19 Locating and applying sociological theories of risk-taking to develop public health interventions for adolescents Pound, Pandora Campbell, Rona Health Sociol Rev Articles Sociological theories seldom inform public health interventions at the community level. The reasons for this are unclear but may include difficulties in finding, understanding or operationalising theories. We conducted a study to explore the feasibility of locating sociological theories within a specific field of public health, adolescent risk-taking, and to consider their potential for practical application. We identified a range of sociological theories. These explained risk-taking: (i) as being due to lack of social integration; (ii) as a consequence of isolation from mainstream society; (iii) as a rite of passage; (iv) as a response to social constraints; (v) as resistance; (vi) as an aspect of adolescent development; (vii) by the theory of the ‘habitus’; (viii) by situated rationality and social action theories; and (ix) as social practice. We consider these theories in terms of their potential to inform public health interventions for young people. Routledge 2015-01-02 2015-04-01 /pmc/articles/PMC4409085/ /pubmed/25999784 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14461242.2015.1008537 Text en © 2015 The Author(s). Published by Taylor & Francis. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Articles Pound, Pandora Campbell, Rona Locating and applying sociological theories of risk-taking to develop public health interventions for adolescents |
title | Locating and applying sociological theories of risk-taking to develop public health interventions for adolescents |
title_full | Locating and applying sociological theories of risk-taking to develop public health interventions for adolescents |
title_fullStr | Locating and applying sociological theories of risk-taking to develop public health interventions for adolescents |
title_full_unstemmed | Locating and applying sociological theories of risk-taking to develop public health interventions for adolescents |
title_short | Locating and applying sociological theories of risk-taking to develop public health interventions for adolescents |
title_sort | locating and applying sociological theories of risk-taking to develop public health interventions for adolescents |
topic | Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4409085/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25999784 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14461242.2015.1008537 |
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