Adolescent Health Services
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

[Development and implementation of health targets for children and adolescents. What contribution can the Robert Koch Institute's National Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents (KiGGS) make?]

29 Sep 2009 Health targets are increasingly becoming a health-policy control instrument, both nationally and internationally. In the project gesundheitsziele.de, targets have been formulated for children and adolescents in Germany - currently in the areas of ... Read more...

Developing a school team to improve links between education and mental health services.

30 Aug 2009 The school mental health teamis a relatively new service in Hackney, east London, set up in line with recent government recommendations. Its work is an outreach service of the tier 3 child and family consultation service. The team offers a child and ... Read more...

Improvements in access to care for vulnerable children in California between 2001 and 2005.

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: We examined population changes in access to care for children in California during a period of major efforts to improve access to care for children. METHODS: We used cross-sectional data on 36,010 children aged 0-19 years from the 2001 ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Adolescent Health Services'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• [Development and implementation of health targets for children and adolescents. What contribution can the Robert Koch Institute's National Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents (KiGGS) make?] 29 Sep 2009
• Developing a school team to improve links between education and mental health services. 30 Aug 2009
• Improvements in access to care for vulnerable children in California between 2001 and 2005. 30 Aug 2009
• Determining accurate vaccination coverage rates for adolescents: the National Immunization Survey-Teen 2006. 30 Aug 2009
• Depression screening in adolescents. 30 Aug 2009
• Understanding the importance of Communities That Care. 30 Aug 2009
• Results of a type 2 translational research trial to prevent adolescent drug use and delinquency: a test of Communities That Care. 30 Aug 2009
• To disclose or not to disclose psychological problems to GPs. 30 Aug 2009
• GPs' role in the detection of psychological problems of young people: a population-based study. 30 Aug 2009
• Should youth mental health become a specialty in its own right? Yes. 24 Aug 2009
• Should youth mental health become a specialty in its own right? No. 24 Aug 2009
• Developing an outreach service in adolescent mental health to improve engagement. 30 Jul 2009
• Reclaiming girlhood. A program for runaway youths brings health care to sexually abused kids wherever they are. 30 Jul 2009
• A measure of hope. 30 Jul 2009
• Confidentiality, consent, and caring for the adolescent patient. 30 Jul 2009
• Girls connect: effects of a support group for teenage girls with inflammatory bowel disease and their mothers. 30 Jul 2009
• Commentary to "policy and practice in teenage and young adult cancer care in England: looking to the future". 23 Jul 2009
• Health outcomes of youth development programme in England: prospective matched comparison study. 5 Jul 2009
• Childhood obesity in Australia remains a widespread health concern that warrants population-wide prevention programs. 4 Jul 2009
• Policy and practice in teenage and young adult cancer care in England: looking to the future. 2 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Adolescent Health Services'

Definition: Organized services to provide health care to adolescents, ages ranging from 13 through 18 years.

Descriptor UI: D016497

Alternative terms: Adolescent Health Services; Services, Adolescent Health; Adolescent Health Service; Health Service, Adolescent; Service, Adolescent Health; Health Services, Adolescent;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; organization & administration; standards; supply & distribution; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: N02.421.044;

History Note: 92

Technical Notes: check also tags HUMANS & ADOLESCENCE; DF: ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERV