Discovering the complexities of adolescent compliance to treatment.
Publication/Presentation Date
1-1-2009
Abstract
To explore the challenges faced in enhancing adolescent treatment compliance and to understand the roles of key players in this endeavor: the adolescent, parent and healthcare provider. Obtaining compliance from adolescents requires collaboration from the adolescent, caregiver and provider and depends on well-established relationships between each person in the triad: adolescent-provider, adolescent-caregiver, and caregiver-provider. Ensuring and improving adherence to treatment by adolescents is a challenging task but crucial to overall health outcomes. It requires the collaboration of the adolescent, parent and physician to create the optimal treatment plan, specifically tailored to the adolescent. For the clinician, maintaining good communication and relationships, active listening, as well as partnering with the adolescent and parent are keys to positive outcomes.
Volume
21
Issue
1
First Page
3
Last Page
8
ISSN
0334-0139
Published In/Presented At
Song, M., & Omar, H. A. (2009). Discovering the complexities of adolescent compliance to treatment. International journal of adolescent medicine and health, 21(1), 3–8. https://doi.org/10.1515/ijamh.2009.21.1.3
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences | Pediatrics
PubMedID
19526690
Department(s)
Department of Pediatrics
Document Type
Article