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Adolescent Health Issues

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The following resources have been reviewed and collated by canuc-paeds. These resources are aimed to provide information at the level of the medical student. These include overviews of topics, clinical resources, and useful guidelines that contain relevant materials.

Papers

Getting into adolescent heads: An essential update.
http://www.bcchildrens.ca/youth-health-clinic-site/documents/headss20assessment20guide1.pdf
() Lengthy but excellent article. Provides great examples of questions for the adolescent HEADSS history.
Grieg Health Record.
https://www.cps.ca/en/tools-outils/greig-health-record
() Grieg Health Record for ages 6 to 17 years; covers mental health, adolescence, social and home context.
Healthy active living: Physical activity guidelines for children and adolescents.
https://www.cps.ca/en/documents/position/physical-activity-guidelines
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Eating disorders.
32(12): 508-520
Pediatrics in Review (2011) A review article about important history and physical findings in eating disorders as well as the complications and management of anorexia bulimia.
Alberta Treatment Guidelines for Sexually Transmitted Diseases.
https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/93a97f17-5210-487d-a9ae-a074c66ad678/resource/bc78159b-9cc4-454e-8dcd-cc85e0fcc435/download/sti-treatment-guidelines-alberta-2018.pdf
(2018)
Medical Management of Restrictive Eating Disorders in Adolescents and Young Adults.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25530605
Journal of Adolescent Health 56 (2015) 121e125 (2015)
Transition to adult care for youth with special health care needs.
https://www.cps.ca/documents/position/transition-youth-special-needs
Paediatr Child Health 2007;12(9):785-8 (2018)
A consensus statement on health care transitions for young adults with special health care needs.
https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/110/supplement_3/1304
Pediatrics 2002;110(6 pt 2):1304 –130 (2002)

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Last updated 13 October 2021.