RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
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
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 258
OP 263
DO 10.1136/archdischild-2015-309890
VO 101
IS 5
A1 Hargreaves, Dougal S
A1 Williams, Bhanu
A1 Straw, Fiona
A1 Gregorowski, Anna
A1 Yassaee, Arrash
A1 Devakumar, Delan
YR 2016
UL http://ep.bmj.com/content/101/5/258.abstract
AB 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?’