Health care providers are faced with many challenges when working with adolescents.
Vague symptoms, unreliable menstrual history, and adolescent reluctance to disclose …

The American Academy of Pediatrics policy statement “Options Counseling for the Pregnant
Adolescent Patient” recommends the basic content of the pediatrician's counseling for an …

INTRODUCTION—The topic of adolescent pregnancy arises in pediatric practice during
discussions of sexual activity/contraception and during diagnostic evaluations for problems …

Clinicians across disciplines and practice settings are likely to encounter adolescents who
are at risk for a pregnancy. In 2010, 34.2/1000 15–19-year-old teens had a live birth in the …

Despite encouraging decreases in the past decade, pregnancy rates among US female
adolescents are among the highest in the industrialized world. Among 15-to 19-year-olds …

Although teenage pregnancy rates have decreased over the past 30 years, many
adolescents become pregnant every year. It is important for pediatricians to have the ability …

Most health care providers agree that adolescence is a time of great change. Maintaining a
healthy dialogue with teenage patients requires time, patience, and skill. To establish …

Each year, more than 500 000 girls and young women younger than 20 years become
pregnant. It is important for pediatricians to have the ability and the resources in their offices …

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To explore pregnancy diagnosis, outcome choice, and time to referral
appointment for adolescents. DESIGN: A descriptive study using retrospective chart review …

Adolescents experience some of the highest rates of unintended pregnancy among women
of all reproductive age groups. And despite the fact that adolescents often receive care in …