Adolescent risk-taking, cancer risk, and life course approaches to prevention

John S. Santelli; Kavita Sivaramakrishnan; Zoe R. Edelstein; Linda P. Fried

doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2013.02.017

Adolescent risk-taking, cancer risk, and life course approaches to prevention

John S. Santelli, Kavita Sivaramakrishnan, Zoe R. Edelstein, Linda P. Fried

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Abstract

Adolescent risk-taking may have long-term consequences for adult cancer risk. Behaviors such as smoking and sexual activity, commonly initiated during adolescence, may result - decades later - in cancer. Life course epidemiology focuses on unique vulnerabilities at specific development periods and their importance to later development of disease. A life course epidemiological perspective that integrates social and biological risk processes can help frame our understanding how specific adult cancers develop. Moreover, life course perspectives augment traditional public health approaches to prevention by emphasizing the importance of unique windows of opportunity for prevention.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	S41-S44
Journal	Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume	52
Issue number	5 SUPPL
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2013.02.017
State	Published - May 2013
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Adolescence
Cancer prevention
Epidemiology
Life course

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Psychiatry and Mental health

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