Vaccination: an opportunity to enhance early adolescent preventative services.
New vaccines are being developed that will be recommended for adolescents Adolescence is a time period when adolescent-parent dynamics change and when adolescents may be confronted with increasing opportunities to engage in risk-taking behaviors such as sexual behavior and substance use. Despite clear recommendations regarding preventative counseling, many adolescents do not receive adequate preventive care. In this manuscript, we provide suggestions as to how a new vaccination schedule can be used to enhance preventative services to both adolescents and their parents.
Rupp
Richard
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Department of Pediatrics and Sealy Center for Vaccine Development, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA. rrupp@utmb.edu
Rosenthal
Susan L
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Middleman
Amy B
AB
D000293:Adolescent; D016497:Adolescent Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends*; D002648:Child; D003376:Counseling; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017589:Immunization Programs / Q000639:trends*; D008297:Male; D008589:Meningococcal Infections / Q000517:prevention & control; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000517:prevention & control; D011314:Preventive Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends*; D014612:Vaccines; D014917:Whooping Cough / Q000517:prevention & control
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