Adolescent health care in Brazil.
The period of youth and adolescence has been shown to have continuous demographic growth in the developing world. Young nations thus have to contend with the specific health needs of teenagers and young adults. This is illustrated by an analysis of the health-care needs of Brazilian adolescents. The issues highlighted here are adolescent morbidity and mortality, current delivery of adolescent health care, and future directions of adolescent programs in Brazil.
D000293:Adolescent; D001938:Brazil; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000639:trends*; D003906:Developing Countries; D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009017:Morbidity; D009026:Mortality