title: GAPS (AMA Guidelines for Adolescent Preventive Services). Where are the gaps?
abstract: The AMA Guidelines for Adolescent Preventive Services (GAPS): Recommendations and Rationale is a major breakthrough in the evolution of preventive health services in general and of adolescent preventive services in particular. GAPS is a comprehensive guide for adolescent health professionals that contains several pioneering elements. These elements include (1) providing a framework for the organization and content of "well-adolescent care," (2) offering guidance for parents and families as an essential part of adolescent health care, and (3) dealing with a wide range of adolescent health problems, with an appropriate focus on the behavioral, emotional, and developmental aspects.
authors.affiliation: Family Medicine Unit, Hadassah Medical Organization, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Knishkowy
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Palti
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016497:Adolescent Health Services / Q000592:standards*; D000574:American Medical Association; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000592:standards; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010808:Physical Examination; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011314:Preventive Health Services / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States