[The importance of a gynecological teenager consulting hour by the example of "First Love"].
There are worldwide deficits in sexual and contraceptive education of teenagers and the effects on their contraceptive behaviour. It is worthwhile to offer services tailored to the needs of adolescent girls. This can be demonstrated by the experience of 10 years work of 'First Love', a gynaecological out-patient department for teenagers at Rudolfstiftung Hospital, Vienna. Together with the girls and their partners, individual concepts for safe, responsible and satisfying sexuality are developed. A multidisciplinary team, easy access, the possibility of remaining anonymous and free-of-charge consultations are the major principles in this work. There are also a lot of preventive health care issues: as young girls experience their first gynaecological examination as painless and less embarrassing than expected, they will agree to routine check-ups in their future life.
Neudecker
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Geburtshilfliche und Gynäkologische Abteilung, Krankenanstalt Rudolfstiftung, Vienna, Austria. claudia.neudecker@wienkav.at
Olechowski
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Grünberger
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D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D000367:Age Factors; D001317:Austria; D003268:Contraception Behavior; D003376:Counseling; D005260:Female; D006176:Gynecology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence; D021841:Safe Sex; D012736:Sex Education; D012737:Sex Factors