2014
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2014-306749
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Developmentally appropriate healthcare for young people: a scoping study

Abstract: Background-There is increasing recognition of the importance of providing quality healthcare to meet the biopsychosocial needs of young people. "Developmentally Appropriate Healthcare" (DAH) for young people is one term used to explain what these services consist of. However, this term remains ill defined.

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“…We identified five dimensions which led to a working definition of DAH. 27,28 DAH recognises the changing biopsychosocial developmental needs of young people and the need to empower young people by embedding health education and health promotion in consultations. In operational terms, DAH focuses on the approach of healthcare professionals to the engagement of each young person and their parents, alongside the structure of the organisations in which care takes place.…”
Section: Implications Of the Research Programmementioning
confidence: 99%
“…We identified five dimensions which led to a working definition of DAH. 27,28 DAH recognises the changing biopsychosocial developmental needs of young people and the need to empower young people by embedding health education and health promotion in consultations. In operational terms, DAH focuses on the approach of healthcare professionals to the engagement of each young person and their parents, alongside the structure of the organisations in which care takes place.…”
Section: Implications Of the Research Programmementioning
confidence: 99%
“…This immediately shows that the provider is engaging with the patient as a distinct person, rather than using a "one size fits all" approach. Such personalized approaches are desirable in all health care but especially for adolescents in transition where "therapeutic" relationships, rapport, and trust are important as part of Developmentally Appropriate Healthcare [39,40]. Personalization should hopefully lead to more engagement and satisfaction with services, greater compliance with treatment and in turn, improved service use and health outcomes in adulthood.…”
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“…European countries should not only invest in more SHS professionals but also in adequately trained SHS professionals to robustly address the specific needs of school-aged children and adolescents (Ambresin, Bennett, Patton, Sanci, & Sawyer, 2013;Committee on Adolescence, 2008;Farre et al, 2015;Michaud & Baltag, 2015;Michaud, Weber, Namazova-Baranova, & Ambresin, 2018).…”
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confidence: 99%