Adolescents' Access to Care

Adolescents' access to care: teenagers' self-reported use of services and perceived access to confidential care.

BACKGROUND Most surveys on adolescents' use of health services rely on parental report, and this may underestimate adolescents' use of confidential services. OBJECTIVE To investigate adolescents' report of their own use of health services, access to care, and knowledge and use of confidential services. METHOD A random digit-dialed survey of 14- to 19-year-old adolescents was conducted in Mo...

Access to gambling among Brazilian adolescents: why should we care?

Barriers of Adolescents' Access to Reproductive and Sexual Health Services in Iran: A Systematic Review

Background: Adolescence is an important period in human life and the low-level access of adolescents to reproductive and sexual health services is a concern because preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic services are needed for healthy sexual and reproductive behaviors. This study was conducted with the aim of considering the barriers against adolescent access to repro...

Assessment of access to primary health care among children and adolescents hospitalized due to avoidable conditions.

Introduction: Hospitalizations for ambulatory care-sensitive conditions (HACSC) are considered an indicator of the effectiveness of primary health care (PHC). High rates of HACSC represent problems in the access or the quality of health care. In Brazil, HACSC rates are high and there are few studies on the factors associated with it. Objective: To evaluate the access to PHC offered to childre...

Survey and Analysis of Ardabil City Suburbs Access to the Health Care Delivery Services (Health Centers)

Background & objectives: Health care centers are among the most important and essential centers that proper and timely access to them is one of the basic goals of social justice. The health of the individual and the community depends on the centers that provide primary health care. Rapid, timely, and inexpensive access to these centers is very important and necessary, in any community, especial...