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Julia Constance Dunbar – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Adolescents and young adults living with chronic illness experience more complications and challenges when transitioning to adult-oriented care. Despite various interventions to support medication management, goal setting, and collaboration with care teams, AYAs continue to struggle, affecting their health and life outcomes. In this dissertation,…
Descriptors: Chronic Illness, Student Experience, Adolescents, Young Adults
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Amanda LaMonica-Weier; Margaret Perlia Bavis – Journal of School Nursing, 2024
School-Based Health Centers (SBHCs) often serve vulnerable populations who have been exposed to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) which have been tied to an increase in adult health risk factors. At an urban SBHC serving adolescent students, 75% of patients reported three or more ACEs. This SBHC also had multiple practitioner students. A…
Descriptors: School Health Services, Urban Schools, High School Students, Clinics
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Harris, Jill F.; Gorman, Leigh P.; Doshi, Aditi; Swope, Shannon; Page, Shayleigh D. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2021
Transition from pediatric to adult health care systems presents unique challenges for adolescents with autism spectrum disorder who often have complex medical and mental health needs. Without a coordinated transition plan, pediatric providers often continue to provide care to young adults with autism spectrum disorder beyond the scope of their…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Young Adults, Health Services, Autism
Stacey Bevan; Kathleen Harris; Susan Maeder-Chieffo; Elizabeth Reswebber; Daniel Lanahan; Margaret Souders – Grantee Submission, 2023
Children with autism spectrum disorder have unique needs during medical procedures involving anesthesia. However, with early patient identification, provider champions can adapt their practice to better serve this population, thereby improving patient satisfaction and outcomes. This article describes a novel protocol developed by an anesthesia…
Descriptors: Health Services, Surgery, Anesthesiology, Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Wiggins, Lisa; O'Malley, Gabrielle; Wagner, Anjuli D.; Mutisya, Immaculate; Wilson, Kate S.; Lawrence, Sarah; Moraa, Hellen; Kinuthia, John; Itindi, Janet; Muhenje, Odylia; Chen, Tai-Ho; Singa, Benson; Mcgrath, Christine J.; Ngugi, Evelyn; Katana, Abraham; Ng'ang'a, Lucy; John-Stewart, Grace; Kholer, Pamela; Beima-Sofie, Kristin – Health Education Research, 2022
School-related factors may influence retention in care and adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) among adolescents with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). We analyzed data from in-depth interviews with 40 adolescents with HIV (aged 14-19 years), 40 caregivers of adolescents with HIV, and 4 focus group discussions with healthcare workers to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Caregivers
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Lintz, Mario J.; Thurstone, Christian; Hull, Madelyne; Ladegard, Kristie – Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2019
The objective of this study was to develop a school-based substance treatment model and evaluate the feasibility and preliminary outcomes of treatment in a school-based setting to improve access to treatment for adolescents with substance use disorders. This study provided care to 41 youths (12 to 18 years old) in three school-based health…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Drug Rehabilitation, School Health Services, Clinics
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Righi, Giulia; Benevides, Jill; Mazefsky, Carla; Siegel, Matthew; Sheinkopf, Stephen J.; Morrow, Eric M. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is associated with significant healthcare expenditures and a greater utilization of psychiatric health services. High utilization may not be evenly distributed across individuals with ASD. The objective of this study was to identify individual and family characteristics that increase the risk of psychiatric…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Health Services
James, William H.; Randolph, Dwight E. – Online Submission, 2015
This study investigated the use of the Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument (MAYSI-2) to screen for co-occurring disorders in an adolescent outpatient treatment program and to provide a preliminary assessment of those needs. The MAYSI-2 identified youth with co-occurring disorders and the results support existing recommendations for distinct…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Risk, Screening Tests, Comorbidity
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Liu, Hui-Li; Chen, Lih-Hwa; Huang, Shiuh-Ming – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2012
The characteristics of health care utilization during the last year of life by Taiwanese who died by suicide were analyzed. The degree of health services utilization was evaluated by extracting the data of National Health Insurance (NHI) outpatient cohort records in 2006. A total of 4,406 fatal suicide cases were matched with the 17,587,901…
Descriptors: Medical Services, Age, Mental Disorders, Health Insurance
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Chang, Kimberly S. G.; Lee, Kevin; Park, Terrence; Sy, Elizabeth; Quach, Thu – Journal of Applied Research on Children, 2015
Introduction: Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC), which encompasses acts of domestic minor sex trafficking, is a hidden problem in the U.S. that affects an estimated 300,000 children. Significant health impacts to victims include violence, substance abuse, mental illness, sexually transmitted diseases, and unintended pregnancy.…
Descriptors: Screening Tests, Sexual Abuse, Primary Health Care, Health Services
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Bridge, Jeffrey A.; Marcus, Steven C.; Olfson, Mark – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2012
Objective: Little is known about the mental health care received by young people after an episode of deliberate self-harm. This study examined predictors of emergency department (ED) discharge, mental health assessments in the ED, and follow-up outpatient mental health care for Medicaid-covered youth with deliberate self-harm. Method: A…
Descriptors: Health Services, Substance Abuse, Poverty, Socioeconomic Influences
National Assembly on School-Based Health Care, 2010
The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) is an innovative care delivery model designed to provide comprehensive primary care services to people of all ages by fostering partnerships between patients, families, health care providers and the community. National Assembly on School-Based Health Care (NASBHC) recommends practices and policies that…
Descriptors: School Health Services, Patients, Adolescents, Children
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van Gent, Tiejo; Goedhart, Arnold W.; Treffers, Philip D. A. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
In this study socio-demographic, deafness-related and diagnostic characteristics of hearing impaired children and adolescents referred to a national mental health service for deaf and hard of hearing children and adolescents were examined. Socio-demographic and diagnostic characteristics were compared to corresponding characteristics of hearing…
Descriptors: Hearing Impairments, Deafness, Mental Health, Health Services
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Shaikh, Ulfat; Nettiksimmons, Jasmine; Romano, Patrick – Journal of Rural Health, 2011
Objective: To determine health care provider needs related to pediatric obesity management in rural California and to explore strategies to improve care through telehealth. Methods: Cross-sectional survey of health care providers who treated children and adolescents at 41 rural clinics with existing telehealth connectivity. Results: Most of the…
Descriptors: Patient Education, Obesity, Distance Education, Self Efficacy
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Sidebottom, Abbey; Harrison, Patricia A.; Amidon, Donna; Finnegan, Katie – Journal of School Health, 2008
Background: Little is known about the circumstances that prompt teenagers to request emergency contraception (EC). This evaluation was designed to refine the EC clinical protocol and improve pregnancy prevention efforts in high school-based clinics by analyzing information on EC use and subsequent contraception use of EC patients. Methods: Sites…
Descriptors: Contraception, Prevention, Pregnancy, Adolescents
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