Young People and the Aesthetics of Health Promotion

Kerry Montero is Program Manager of the Bachelor of Social Science Youth Work program at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. With a background in generalist youth work, and adolescent health promotion, education and service delivery, her research and development focus over the past fifteen years has been in the field of young drivers and other young road user safety promotion, education and policy.Peter Kelly is Deputy Head of School (Research and Innovation) and Director, Centre for Education, Training and Work in the Asian Century, in the School of Education, RMIT University. He is a social theorist who has published extensively on young people, the practice of youth studies, social theory and globalisation. His books include, Working in Jamie’s Kitchen: Salvation, Passion and Young Workers (2009), Smashed! The Many Meanings of Intoxication and Drunkenness (2011), The Self as Enterprise: Foucault and the "Spirit" of Twenty-First Century Capitalism (2013), The Moral Geographies of Children, Young People and Food: Beyond Jamie’s School Dinners (2014), and A Critical Youth Studies for the Twenty-First Century (2015).

"Describing the experiences of a group of young people in Australia, this book presents different innovative perspectives on health promotion. It emphasises social theory, and offers an in-depth exploration of risk, rationality and reasoning...useful for postgraduates."- Reviewed by Toni Bewley, senior lecturer, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, Lancashire, Nursing Children and Young People, October 2016

• Prelude Introduction 1. School Based Health Promotion as a Complex Assemblage 2. Rationality and Risk: Limits and Possibilities 3. Engaging Emotions, Exploring Values, Mobilising Rationality 4. ‘Do, Then Talk’: Young People, Group Work and the Making of Meaning 5. ‘What Happened Was This…’: What Roles Do Stories Have in Health Promotion 6. A Greek Tragedy: Chaos and Control 7. Young People as Choosing Agents? Conclusion