@article{ref1,
title="Obtaining a personal and confidential history from adolescents. An opportunity for prevention",
journal="Journal of Aolescent Health Care",
year="1986",
author="Cavanaugh, R. M.",
volume="7",
number="2",
pages="118-122",
abstract="Fifty adolescent girls ages 12-18 years (mean 14.9 years) were asked to complete a confidential questionnaire exploring many important issues of adolescence. The responses included the following: 38 (76%) girls did not wear seatbelts while riding in a car, 23 (46%) had used alcoholic beverages (10 at age less than or equal to 13 years), 17 (34%) had experience with marijuana, four (8%) had used other psychoactive drugs, and 14 (28%) were having sexual intercourse, while only eight were using contraception. Of the 16 (32%) girls who smoked cigarettes ten did not want to quit. Twenty-two (44%) girls had dysmenorrhea but only four had sought medical attention for the problem. This study suggests the usefulness of a questionnaire to identify individual health care needs for which preventive counseling may be offered.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0197-0070",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}