Health issues and preventive health strategies for adolescent girls.

As adolescent girls have specific healthcare needs, this paper was designed to provide a better understanding of their healthcare needs in both physical and psychosocial terms. After conducting a targeted review of the literature on children and adolescents, we identified factors of importance to ph...

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Publicado en:Journal of Nursing Vol. 56; no. 6; pp. 21 - 27
Autores principales: Ma W, Chao F, Chang H, Liou Y, Chiang L
Formato: Journal Article
Publicado: Taiwan Nurses Association Dec2009
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          Chao F
          Chang H
          Liou Y
          Chiang L
        affil: Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, China Medical University
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          Health
          Preventive Health Care In Adolescence
          Strategic Planning
          Adolescence
          Anxiety
          Attitude
          Body Weight
          Cognition
          Communications Media
          Depression
          Education Organizations
          Female
          Health Behavior
          Health Education
          Health Promotion
          Interpersonal Relations
          Knowledge
          Medical Care Psychosocial Factors
          Menstruation
          Physical Activity
          Suicide
          Adolescent: 13-18 years
          Female
      ab: As adolescent girls have specific healthcare needs, this paper was designed to provide a better understanding of their healthcare needs in both physical and psychosocial terms. After conducting a targeted review of the literature on children and adolescents, we identified factors of importance to physical health as body weight, physical activity, menstruation, sexual knowledge and attitude and to psychosocial health as anxiety, interpersonal relationships, depression, and suicide behavior. Reflecting these factors, this paper presents four preventive suggestions to clinical practice, education, and research to facilitate improvements in adolescent girl's health. These suggestions include: 1) strengthening health education and media responsibility with regard to adolescent girl health; 2) improving awareness of the needs of adolescent girls within healthcare and education organizations; 3) making health guidelines for promoting proper health behavior in adolescent girls; and 4) mobilizing nurses to assert the health of adolescent girls in clinical, education, and research fields. This is the first paper that focuses on the health needs of adolescent Taiwanese girls. The authors hope that more people become involved in the care of adolescent girl's health in Taiwan.
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