PURPOSE Clinician time alone with an adolescent has a major impact on disclosure of risk
behavior. This study sought to describe primary care clinicians’ patterns of delivering time …

Confidential care is an essential element of quality adolescent primary care. Twenty-one
primary care providers tracked provision of confidential care (time alone with adolescent) and …

Purpose: Primary care providers’ (PCPs') provision of time alone with an adolescent without
the parents present (henceforth referred to as “confidential care”) has a significant impact on …

Purpose: Although the intrauterine device (IUD) may be safely used in adolescents, few US
adolescents use IUDs. Increasing IUD use in adolescents can decrease pregnancy rates. …

Background Hunger continues to be a problem in New York City; paradoxically, the city also
has disproportionally high rates of diabetes and obesity. Some research suggests that food …

Diabetes mellitus is a public health concern disproportionately affecting Hispanics. Because
Hispanics are greatly affected by a high prevalence of diabetes, a qualitative study was …

Uno de los problemas ambientales que afecta el futuro socioeconómico de las comunidades
que viven de los recursos marinos es el manejo pesquero inadecuado, que también …

Background: This article discusses and describes the experiences of five Hispanic bilingual
(English and Spanish) research assistants (RAs) who were undergraduate and graduate …

Objetivos Contribuir, através de trabalho multidisciplinar e integrado, para melhoria das
condições das instituições residenciais de longa permanência para idosos, através de …

Objective: Sexually active urban adolescents experience a high burden of sexually transmitted
infections (STI). Adolescents often access medical care through general primary care …