Adolescent Sexual Health Challenges in Primary Care: A Case Report

Adolescents aged 11–21 years undergo tremendous physical, psychosocial, and emotional changes, all of which affect their sexual and reproductive health ( ). National recommendations for adolescent-centered care include time during health care visits for comprehensive, medically accurate, and developmentally appropriate sexual health conversations, including reproductive education and sexually transmitted infection (STI) screening ( ). Clinician-adolescent discussions in primary care are incredibly brief, lasting an average of 36 s, and lacking substantial content ( Sieving R.E. Mehus C. Catallozzi M. Grilo S. Steiner R.J. Brar P. Santelli J. Understanding primary care providers’ perceptions and practices in implementing confidential adolescent sexual and reproductive health services.

Journal of Adolescent Health: Official Publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine. 2020; 67: 569-575

).

留言 (0)

沒有登入
gif