TY - JOUR T1 - Fifteen-minute consultation: public health for paediatricians—adolescent public health JF - Archives of disease in childhood - Education & practice edition JO - Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed SP - 258 LP - 263 DO - 10.1136/archdischild-2015-309890 VL - 101 IS - 5 AU - Dougal S Hargreaves AU - Bhanu Williams AU - Fiona Straw AU - Anna Gregorowski AU - Arrash Yassaee AU - Delan Devakumar Y1 - 2016/10/01 UR - http://ep.bmj.com/content/101/5/258.abstract N2 - Paediatricians have a key role to play in ensuring a holistic, integrated approach is taken to meeting adolescent health needs. There is increasing evidence that failure to do so can lead to poor healthcare experience, avoidable ill health and increased need for healthcare services, both in the short term and in adult life. This article aims to guide paediatricians in answering the questions ‘How well are the public health and clinical needs of the adolescent population in my area being met? And how can we improve?’ ER -