title: Enhancing youth health in primary care: lessons learned from general practitioners.
abstract: Primary care represents a fundamental component of the health system, particularly for young people. However, youth access to primary care is less than ideal. To optimize clinician capacity to promote youth health, an interactive training module was developed and tailored to the needs of general practitioners. As part of an exploratory study, 11 participants were interviewed to determine the perceived capacity of the module to promote youth-friendly primary care. Findings suggest the module can enhance clinician skills, knowledge, and confidence to promote youth health; however, it has a limited ability to inform how organizational capacity might be bolstered-this includes the development of interagency networks. In this epoch of primary care reform, these findings are important for two key reasons. First, they reveal the need to bolster clinicians' perceived ability to use youth healthcare skills; second, they highlight the complementary importance of organizational support to ensure and sustain youth-friendly practices. The article concludes with a discussion of key implications for policymakers, practitioners, and researchers.
authors.affiliation: a School of Business , University of Western Sydney.
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dadich
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jarrett
authors.forename: Fiona
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Robards
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bennett
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002983:Clinical Competence; D005260:Female; D058005:General Practitioners / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology; D058015:Health Communication; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D055815:Young Adult