Adolescent preventive counseling

Last reviewed: 21 Oct 2024
Last updated: 24 Sep 2024

Summary

Details

  • Resources for adolescent preventive services recommendations
  • Sexual maturity rating scale
  • Health guidance for parents
  • Early adolescence (ages 11-14 years; sexual maturity rating 1-4)
  • Early adolescence healthcare visit: males
  • Early adolescence healthcare visit: females
  • Middle adolescence (15-17 years; sexual maturity rating 4-5)
  • Middle adolescence healthcare visit: males
  • Middle adolescence healthcare visit: females
  • Late adolescence (age 18-21 years; sexual maturity rating 5)
  • Late adolescence healthcare visit: males
  • Late adolescence healthcare visit: females
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Contributors

Authors

William P. Adelman, MD, FAAP

Executive Director

Student Health and Counseling

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

Professor of Pediatrics

Adjunct Faculty

Perelman School of Medicine

University of Pennsylvania

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA

Disclosures

WPA declares that he has no competing interests.

Peer reviewers

Elisabeth Stafford, MD, FSAM, FAAP

Program Director

Adolescent Medicine Fellowship

San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium

Division Chief

Adolescent Medicine

Department of Pediatrics

Brooke Army Medical Center

San Antonio

TX

Disclosures

ES declares that she has no competing interests.

Alain Joffe, MD, MPH, FAAP

Director

Student Health and Wellness Center

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore

MD

Disclosures

AJ declares that he has no competing interests.

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