Health care seeking behavior of adolescents: comparative study of two service delivery models.

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dc.contributor.authorKumar, Rajeshen_US
dc.contributor.authorPrinja, Shankaren_US
dc.contributor.authorLakshmi, P V Men_US
dc.date.accessioned2008-09-06en_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-05-30T13:45:39Z
dc.date.available2008-09-06en_US
dc.date.available2009-05-30T13:45:39Z
dc.date.issued2008-09-06en_US
dc.description.abstractOBJECTIVES: To assess the perceived health problems and help seeking behaviour and utilization pattern of adolescent health clinics. METHODS: A pre-tested, semi-structured questionnaire was administered to 360 school going adolescents who were selected by stratified random sampling from two sectors of Chandigarh where services were being provided by a school-based and dispensary-based adolescent health clinic. RESULTS: Majority (81%) of the adolescents reported having some health problem during last three months prior to the survey; predominant (60%) problems were psychological and behavioural in nature. To resolve these problems boys consulted mainly friends/peers (48%) while girls consulted their mothers (63%). Compared to the dispensary-based adolescent health clinic, utilisation was significantly higher in a school-based clinic where proportion of psychological or behavioural problems reported was also significantly higher (P<0.01). CONCLUSION: Adolescents have greater counselling needs for psychosocial problems than for medical problems. School-based adolescent health clinic was utilized more often than the dispensary-based clinic particularly for psychosocial problems.en_US
dc.description.affiliationPost Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh City, India. dr.rajeshkumar@gmail.comen_US
dc.identifier.citationKumar R, Prinja S, Lakshmi PV. Health care seeking behavior of adolescents: comparative study of two service delivery models. Indian Journal of Pediatrics. 2008 Sep; 75(9): 895-9en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/82002
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.source.urihttps://medind.nic.in/icb/icbai.shtmlen_US
dc.subject.meshAdolescenten_US
dc.subject.meshAdolescent Health Services --statistics & numerical dataen_US
dc.subject.meshFemaleen_US
dc.subject.meshHealth Statusen_US
dc.subject.meshHumansen_US
dc.subject.meshIndiaen_US
dc.subject.meshMaleen_US
dc.subject.meshMother-Child Relationsen_US
dc.subject.meshPatient Acceptance of Health Care --psychologyen_US
dc.subject.meshPeer Groupen_US
dc.subject.meshQuestionnairesen_US
dc.subject.meshSchool Health Services --statistics & numerical dataen_US
dc.titleHealth care seeking behavior of adolescents: comparative study of two service delivery models.en_US
dc.typeComparative Studyen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.typeResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov'ten_US
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