Community perceptions of adolescent health and sexuality: results from a southern community-based project

Article Abstract:

Adults in a rural southern community appear to be more supportive of offering counselling and education in school-based adolescent clinics and less supportive of offering birth control or clinical services even after an adolescent health care media campaign. A group of 210 adult residents of a rural North Carolina county were surveyed before and after a 2.5-year-long community multi-media campaign intended to raise awareness of the health needs of adolescents. Over 80% of those surveyed agreed that preventative education about drugs, alcohol, and sexual activity and counseling for personal problems should be provided in school-based clinics as should treatment for minor injuries. Only half of those surveyed thought birth control products should be supplied or that there should be diagnosis of sexually transmitted diseases. The campaign had little effect except for a slight increase in the percentage agreeing that birth control products should be supplied.

Prevention, Curricula, Study and teaching, Public schools, Drug abuse, Sex education, Health education

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Minocycline-Related Autoimmune Hepatitis: Case Series and Literature Review

Article Abstract:

The antibiotic drug minocycline may cause hepatitis in teenagers. It is often used to treat acne. Researchers describe three cases of hepatitis following the use of minocycline. All three teens had taken the drug for one year or more. When they developed hepatitis, liver biopsies revealed damage to the liver and no other cause of liver damage could be identified. One patient recovered after stopping the drug, but the other two had to take immunosuppressant drugs. A literature review found only 18 other cases of hepatitis caused by minocycline, all of them in adults.

Causes of, Complications and side effects, Minocycline, Toxic hepatitis

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Computer-Assisted Health Counselor Visits

Article Abstract:

A computerized health assessment can effectively identify health risk factors in teenagers. Researchers tested a computer-based patient interview, followed by counseling when appropriate, in 258 teenagers attending a medical office. The 20-minute assessment identified at least one health risk, such as excessive alcohol use, lack of seat belt use, or risky sexual behavior, in 98% of teens who used the system. The assessment provided a rapid, comprehensive, and inexpensive method of identifying teenagers who require more extensive risk reduction counseling.

United States, Methods, Medicine, Information management, Medical history taking

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