Clinicians' views on reproductive needs and services for teens with negative pregnancy tests.
OBJECTIVE
To explore services available to adolescent girls at the time of the negative pregnancy test (NPT) in an urban community.


METHODS
Clinician focus groups were conducted to identify the needs of adolescents at the time of a NPT result.


RESULTS
Teens access care in a variety of ways, services provided at the time of a NPT were agency and clinician dependent, and strategies for follow-up care often were unstructured. Few services were available for parents or partners. Barriers included difficulty communicating with agencies, lack of staff trained to work with adolescents, and time/financial constraints.


CONCLUSIONS
Adolescents need comprehensive, teen-friendly reproductive care at the time of a NPT result.
Daley
Alison Moriarty
AM
Master's Program, Yale School of Nursing, New Haven, CT, USA. alison.moriarty@yale.edu
Sadler
Lois S
LS
Leventhal
John M
JM
Cromwell
Polly
P
Reynolds
Heather D
HD
D000293:Adolescent; D016497:Adolescent Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003237:Connecticut; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D020380:Needs Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011258:Pregnancy Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence / Q000517:prevention & control*; D034121:Reproductive Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control