Contents
Preface v
Guest Editors vii
Introduction ix
List of abbreviations xii
1. Adolescent health: a brief introduction 1
Vhari Forsyth
2. Health inequalities and the social determinants of adolescent health 12
Ann Hagell and Rachael McKeown
3. Obesity and complications of excess weight in children and young people 23
Rachael Anne Brandreth, Claire Semple, Renuka Dias, Stephen Jones, Pooja Sachdev,
Emma Webb, Sarah Jane Blackstock and Kiranjit Atwal
4. “I just want to get on with my life”: adolescent psychology for respiratory 38
clinicians
Kirsten Stewart-Knight and Susan Carroll
5. Adherence to medicine in adolescence 54
Christina J. Pearce, Aqeem Azam, Peter J. Barry and Gráinne d’Ancona
Sleep and neuromuscular disorders
6. Obstructive sleep apnoea 66
Stijn Verhulst, Eli Van de Perck, Monique Slaats, Annelies Van Eyck,
Kim Van Hoorenbeeck and An Boudewyns
7. Neuromuscular diseases and long-term ventilation 78
Hui-Leng Tan and Anita K. Simonds
8. Transition to adult care of children with narcolepsy and other disorders 95
of central hypersomnolence
Renata L. Riha, Ailsa McLellan, Jacqueline McPherson and Donald Urquhart
ERS monograph
The Transition of Respiratory Care: from Child to Adult Number 104
June 2024
Preface v
Guest Editors vii
Introduction ix
List of abbreviations xii
1. Adolescent health: a brief introduction 1
Vhari Forsyth
2. Health inequalities and the social determinants of adolescent health 12
Ann Hagell and Rachael McKeown
3. Obesity and complications of excess weight in children and young people 23
Rachael Anne Brandreth, Claire Semple, Renuka Dias, Stephen Jones, Pooja Sachdev,
Emma Webb, Sarah Jane Blackstock and Kiranjit Atwal
4. “I just want to get on with my life”: adolescent psychology for respiratory 38
clinicians
Kirsten Stewart-Knight and Susan Carroll
5. Adherence to medicine in adolescence 54
Christina J. Pearce, Aqeem Azam, Peter J. Barry and Gráinne d’Ancona
Sleep and neuromuscular disorders
6. Obstructive sleep apnoea 66
Stijn Verhulst, Eli Van de Perck, Monique Slaats, Annelies Van Eyck,
Kim Van Hoorenbeeck and An Boudewyns
7. Neuromuscular diseases and long-term ventilation 78
Hui-Leng Tan and Anita K. Simonds
8. Transition to adult care of children with narcolepsy and other disorders 95
of central hypersomnolence
Renata L. Riha, Ailsa McLellan, Jacqueline McPherson and Donald Urquhart
ERS monograph
The Transition of Respiratory Care: from Child to Adult Number 104
June 2024