title: Health needs of adolescents in the military services.
abstract: The decade of the 1970's has seen the integration of educational concepts concerning adolescent medicine into pediatric residency training programs within the military medical centers. A nucleus of professionals with this specialized training has been developed, and is currently providing health care to eligible adolescents residing in close proximity to these medical centers. The goal of the next decade is to expand these services and make them available to all dependents of active duty and retired military personnel around the world. Perhaps then, with continued growth and development, attention could be directed toward further expansion of these services to include the young active duty military personnel.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000295:Adolescent Medicine; D001010:Anxiety, Separation; D003219:Confidentiality; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008887:Military Medicine; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000523:psychology; D011157:Population Dynamics