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- Title
Meeting the needs of adolescent parents and their children.
- Authors
Thompson, Gillian
- Abstract
The article elaborates on meeting the needs of adolescent parents and their children. Topics discussed include adolescent parents and their children presenting to health care practitioners as two paediatric patients, each with unique health care needs as both may be at risk for negative health outcomes. Also mentioned are the health needs of the child and mother best assessed using a non-judgmental approach, appropriate screening tools and open questions that address health issues.
- Subjects
PEDIATRICS; TEENAGE fathers; TEENAGE mothers; TEENAGE parents; TEENAGE pregnancy; HEALTH equity; PATIENT-centered care; HEALTH &; social status; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Paediatrics & Child Health (1205-7088), 2016, Vol 21, Issue 5, p1
- ISSN
1205-7088
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/pch/21.5.273