TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1986//
TI  - Obtaining a personal and confidential history from adolescents. An opportunity for prevention
JO  - Journal of Aolescent Health Care
A1  - Cavanaugh, R. M.
SP  - 118
EP  - 122
VL  - 7
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0197-0070
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -