Citation

Duncan PM, Garcia AC, Frankowski BL, Carey PA, Kallock EA, Dixon RD, Shaw JS. J. Adolesc. Health 2007; 41(6): 525-535.

Affiliation

The Vermont Child Health Improvement Program, Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA. paula.duncan@uvm.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jadohealth.2007.05.024

PMID

18023780

Abstract

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.

Language: en