Barriers to health education in adolescents: health care providers' perspectives compared to high school adolescents.
OBJECTIVE
Although adolescence is marked by profound and dynamic changes, it is virtually neglected by health care providers, by society, and even by most parents, teachers, and health professionals. The aim of this study was to investigate barriers to health education in adolescents from health care providers' views compared to teens.


METHODS
The study population consisted of 72 health care providers and 402 high school female students in Northern Iran in 2012. They completed a self-administered questionnaire about their views on barriers to adolescents' health education.


RESULTS
It is revealed that the major barrier to adolescents' health education from a health care providers' perspective is "Lack of private room for adolescents' health education", while "Lack of adolescents' interest to content of educational programs" is a significantly greater barrier to health education among adolescents.


CONCLUSIONS
The results suggest that for adolescent health education, specific strategies should be used in adolescent health promotion programs.
Kobra
K
Abedian
Zohreh
Z
Shahhosseini
D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003144:Communication Barriers; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D018907:Privacy / Q000523:psychology; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires