Articles Tagged With: Adolescents
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Second BCG Dose to Prevent Tuberculosis in Adolescents
Despite a previous study raising the hope that giving Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine to adolescents who previously had received BCG as newborns would better prevent sustained tuberculosis (TB) infections, a new study conclusively demonstrates that revaccination with BCG during adolescence has no statistically significant effect on the incidence of subsequent TB infection or sustained positivity of interferon gamma receptor assay tests.
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High School Students Vary in Reporting Contraception Use
A new study using self-reported data from the national Youth Risk Behavior Survey found that overall use of reliable contraceptives by sexually active U.S. female high school students was low.
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Social Issues Are a Big Challenge in Adolescent Contraceptive Access
A decade of failed improvements has shown that money needs to be focused less on a game changer and more on using strategies that work, including those that address social norms.
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Reproductive Healthcare in Adolescents with Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities
This cohort study of 3,723 female adolescents from the Kaiser Permanente healthcare system in California found that adolescents with autism or developmental disability were less likely to see an OB/GYN or be prescribed contraception compared with their typically developing peers. This study identified disparities present in reproductive healthcare for this population, despite higher rates of menstrual-related diagnoses.
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Seizures in Adolescents: Motor or Nonmotor?
The rate at which motor vs. nonmotor seizures are recognized in adolescents is unknown. This retrospective analysis demonstrates a high rate of misrecognition of nonmotor seizures among adolescents presenting to an emergency department and frequent misrecognition of any nonmotor seizures in those presenting with a first-time motor seizure.
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Confidential Contraception for Minors Is Harder to Obtain than Ever
About half of U.S. states do not allow minors to obtain contraception without parental approval. For adolescents and teens younger than age 18 years, their only confidential option is to visit a Title X clinic, where a federal ruling from decades ago gives them a right to contraception and privacy. But how does this work in practice? Researchers say that it does not work very well — and it is only getting worse.
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The Pandemic Did Not Affect Single-Visit LARC Insertion
Adolescents who used public insurance and were seeing a non-OB/GYN provider had lower odds of a single-visit placement of long-acting reversible contraception, new research shows.
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Improving Mental and Behavioral Health Among Young Patients
Three national organizations offer recommendations for managing children, adolescents, and young adults in medical facilities and in their communities.
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Menstrual Suppression Method Outcomes Among Transgender and Gender-Diverse Adolescents
In a retrospective chart review of transgender and gender-diverse adolescents at a single institution seeking menstrual suppression methods, most individuals had high rates of method continuation, amenorrhea, improved bleeding, and a reduction in dysphoria and mood symptoms.
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New Solutions to Help Young Patients Who Present with Behavioral Health Crises
Behavioral health mobile teams, comprised of psychiatrists, psychologists, experts in autism and developmental disabilities, nurses, social workers, and case managers, can support medical teams caring for patients in crisis.