Educating and Training the Future Adolescent Health Workforce

Kokotailo, Patricia K.; Baltag, Valentina; Sawyer, Susan Μ

doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2017.11.299

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“…Currently, there is a major focus on the health of adolescents throughout the world, with the development of guidelines for educating and training those professionals caring for young people. This creates an opportunity for undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate training programs to provide a firm understanding of the physiological and psychosocial changes and health conditions associated with adolescence (Kokotailo, Baltag, & Sawyer, ). Attention to puberty during middle childhood and adolescence would provide the framework for expanding the content in these curricula (Shlafer et al., ).…”

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Puberty Education in a Global Context: Knowledge Gaps, Opportunities, and Implications for Policy

Crockett

Deardorff

Johnson

et al. 2019

J of Research on Adolesc

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Youth programs and policies provide opportunities for institutions and societies to support healthy adolescent development. Puberty education programs are universally important, as they provide crucial knowledge and skills to help youth and their caregivers navigate the physical, emotional, and interpersonal changes of puberty with positive outcomes. However, few puberty programs have been rigorously evaluated, resulting in a lack of evidence-based knowledge and practice in this area. This review examines the status of research on puberty education and related programs and draws on the broader intervention literature and recent research findings on adolescence to identify program features that might improve program effectiveness. Implications for policy are also discussed. The need for rigorous program evaluation is emphasized throughout.

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confidence: 99%

Puberty Education in a Global Context: Knowledge Gaps, Opportunities, and Implications for Policy

Crockett

Deardorff

Johnson

et al. 2019

J of Research on Adolesc

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“…Health system strengthening and systematic scale-up approaches can do more to emphasize and underscore integrated delivery of quality SRH servicesdwith equitable coverage of diverse adolescent populations as a key priority, the importance of which was recently reaffirmed by the Evidence for Contraceptive Options and HIV Outcomes trial 13 results [68]. Similarly, given that human resources for adolescent health have received minimal investment compared with other age groups, more attention must be devoted to ensuring that health workers have the competencies, motivation, and enabling environments they need to serve adolescent populations; this includes integration of adolescent health (including ASRHR) into pre-and in-service training and ongoing support for health workers [34,69]. Finally, there is a need to build on the experience of the pharmaceutical supply chain management field in building human and system capacity at the national and subnational levels by focusing on the "the last mile" to ensure that necessary goods and quality ASRHR services are available in every location where they are needed, even those that are the most difficult to reach [70].…”

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Forward, Together: A Collaborative Path to Comprehensive Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Our Time

Plesons

Cole

Hainsworth

et al. 2019

Journal of Adolescent Health

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“…This holds true for practitioners working in primary care and for those treating adolescents in hospitals, especially paediatricians. The existence of newly developed standards in the area of medical education as applied to adolescent health should assist them in addressing this challenge 25 26…”

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Do European Union countries adequately address the healthcare needs of adolescents in the area of sexual reproductive health and rights?

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Background and objectivesAdolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) are of particular relevance given their potential short-term or long-term health consequences. This study evaluates recommendations and policies regarding access to care in this area in 31 European countries (European Union (EU) plus Iceland, Norway and Switzerland).MethodsAs part of the EU funded Models of Child Health Appraised project, data were gathered using a 43-item questionnaire sent to experts responsible for collecting information in each country.ResultsTen countries have not developed any formal policy or recommendation that guarantee the respect of confidentiality and the possibility of consulting a physician without parents knowing. Nearly half of the countries do not have centres specialised in adolescent healthcare, tackling comprehensive health issues or focusing specifically on SRH. Access to emergency contraception and information regarding pregnancy, including testing, is easy in most countries. However, oral contraception is delivered free of charge in only 10 countries. Twenty-three countries do not meet current standards in terms of providing policy-based pregnancy care, and only 13 have set up special programmes for pregnant adolescents. In only seven countries can adolescents definitely have their pregnancy terminated without their parents knowing (and in another seven countries in selected situations).ConclusionThe provision and availability of adolescent-friendly SRHR care are far from optimal in around half of the surveyed countries. These results call for the review and implementation of policies, specialised healthcare centres and training initiatives for primary care providers.

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Educating and Training the Future Adolescent Health Workforce

Cited by 32 publications

References 62 publications

Puberty Education in a Global Context: Knowledge Gaps, Opportunities, and Implications for Policy

Puberty Education in a Global Context: Knowledge Gaps, Opportunities, and Implications for Policy

Forward, Together: A Collaborative Path to Comprehensive Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Our Time

Do European Union countries adequately address the healthcare needs of adolescents in the area of sexual reproductive health and rights?

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