Title

Opportunities and Challenges for Previsit Screening for Sexual and Gender Identity Among Adolescents in Primary Care.

Year of Publication

2020

Number of Pages

133-134

Date Published

2020 Feb

ISSN Number

1879-1972

Abstract

<p>Many sexual minority youth are at higher risk for poor health outcomes because of stigma, shame, and discrimination they may face because of their identity. Professional guidelines, including the American Academy of Pediatrics' Bright Futures, encourage discussion of sexual attraction and behavior in adolescent health supervision visits so that clinicians can support healthy adolescent sexual development, assure that the health needs of youth of all sexual identities are met, and facilitate family acceptance and support of youth when needed. Although these discussions have been recommended as best practice for many years, we know that pediatricians generally spend little time addressing sexual health. In one study of audio-recorded pediatric well visits, one-third spent no time discussing sexuality or sexual health, and the average amount of time spent was only 36&nbsp;seconds. To address this gap between recommendations and practice, some pediatric providers are incorporating questions about sexuality into electronic or other previsit screening tools. In this issue of the <em>Journal of Adolescent Health</em>, Parmar et&nbsp;al. are the first to report findings from a large-scale implementation of a standardized assessment of sexual attraction at adolescent health supervision visits.</p>

DOI

10.1016/j.jadohealth.2019.11.298

Alternate Title

J Adolesc Health

PMID

31952564

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