Anticipatory guidance for the adolescent. Parents' concerns.
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.
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Department of Pediatrics, State University of New York Health Science Center at Syracuse 13210.
Hastings-Tolsma
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Keenan
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Buser
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Henneberger
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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