title: Anticipatory guidance for the adolescent. Parents' concerns.
abstract: Parents' opinions regarding anticipatory guidance for adolescents have not been adequately investigated. In this study, 932 parents of adolescents completed a computerized questionnaire listing 30 common psychosocial-medical concerns of adolescence. Respondents were asked how important it is for private pediatricians to discuss these topics with their teenagers during regular checkups. Ten items were rated important by > or = 90% of parents, 22 items by > or = 80%, and 29 items by > or = 66%. Heeding parents' expectations and concerns, pediatricians should incorporate discussions of psychosocial-medical issues as a meaningful component of routine adolescent health care.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, State University of New York Health Science Center at Syracuse 13210.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Cavanaugh
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hastings-Tolsma
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Keenan
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Buser
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Henneberger
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000295:Adolescent Medicine; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002660:Child Guidance; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012940:Social Problems; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires