Inspiring healthy adolescent choices: a rationale for and guide to strength promotion in primary care.
The social, emotional, and biological health of adolescents requires their development as autonomous beings who make responsible decisions about their own health. Clinicians can assist in this development by adopting a strength-based approach to adolescent health care, which applies concepts from positive youth development to the medical office setting.
Duncan
Paula M
PM
The Vermont Child Health Improvement Program, Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA. paula.duncan@uvm.edu <paula.duncan@uvm.edu>
Garcia
Ana C
AC
Frankowski
Barbara L
BL
Carey
Peggy A
PA
Kallock
Emily A
EA
Dixon
Rebecca D
RD
Shaw
Judith S
JS
D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D016497:Adolescent Health Services; D002755:Choice Behavior; D003376:Counseling / Q000379:methods; D015438:Health Behavior; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D011320:Primary Health Care; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior; D012309:Risk-Taking