The Periodic Health Examination and Adolescent Pregnancy: 1988
Authors: Gail B. Slap
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1988)

Editorials1 November 1988The Periodic Health Examination and Adolescent Pregnancy: 1988Gail B. Slap, MDGail B. Slap, MDSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-109-9-692 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe Canadian Task Force on the Periodic Health Examination was formed in 1976 to evaluate the effectiveness of preventive health services. Its first report, published in 1979, outlined a "lifetime plan for preventive medicine" that focused on 78 potentially preventable conditions affecting Canadians (1, 2). The 1984 and 1985 updates reassessed seven and reviewed an additional six conditions (3, 4). The fourth and most recent update of the Task Force addresses three complex conditions with multifactorial causes and incomplete evidence of preventability: unwanted teenage pregnancy, endometrial cancer, and osteoporosis (5).The original 1979 report recommended that selective screening examinations replace...References1. The periodic health examination. Canadian Task Force on the Periodic Health Examination. Can Med Assoc J. 1979;121:1193-254. MedlineGoogle Scholar2. Medical Practice Committee, American College of Physicians. Periodic health examination: a guide for designing individualized preventive health care in the asymptomatic patient. Ann Intern Med. 1981;95:729-32. LinkGoogle Scholar3. The periodic health examination: 2. 1984 update. Canadian Task Force on the Periodic Health Examination. Can Med Assoc J. 1984;130:1278-85. MedlineGoogle Scholar4. The periodic health examination: 2. 1985 update. Canadian Task Force on the Periodic Health Examination. Can Med Assoc J. 1986;134:724-9. MedlineGoogle Scholar5. Goldbloom R and Battista R. The periodic health examination: 1. Introduction. Can Med Assoc J. 1988;138:617-8. MedlineGoogle Scholar6. The periodic health examination: 2. 1987 update. Canadian Task Force on the Periodic Health Examination. Can Med Assoc J. 1988;138:618-26. Google Scholar7. Litt I, Cuskey W, and Rudd S. Identifying adolescents at risk for noncompliance with contraceptive therapy. J Pediatr. 1980;96:742-5. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar8. Sher P, Emans S, and Grace E. Factors associated with compliance to oral contraceptive use in an adolescent population. J Adolesc Health Care. 1982;3:120-3. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar9. Tietze C and Lewitt S. Use-effectiveness of oral and intrauterine contraception. Fertil Steril. 1971;22:508-13. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar10. Hatcher R, Stewart F, and Stewart G. Contraceptive Technology 1986-1987. 13th ed. New York: Irvington Publishers, Inc. ; 1986:236, 252-4. Google Scholar11. . Teenage Pregnancy: The Problem That Hasn't Gone Away. New York: The Alan Guttmacher Institute; 1981:7-34. Google Scholar12. Jones E, Forrest J, and Goldman N. Teenage pregnancy in developed countries: determinants and policy implications. Fam Plann Perspec. 1985;17:53-63. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar13. Strasburger V, Eisner J, Tilson J, Rigg C, and Kulig J. Teenagers, physicians, and the law in New England. J Adolesc Health Care. 1985;5:377-82. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14. Herold E and Goodwin M. Why adolescents go to birth-control clinics rather than to their family physicians. Can J Publ Health. 1979;70:317-20. MedlineGoogle Scholar15. Orr M. Private physicians and the provision of contraceptives to adolescents. Fam Plann Perspect. 1984;16:83-6. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar16. Slap G. Adolescent medicine: attitudes and skills of pediatric and medical residents. Pediatrics. 1984;74:191-7. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: Gail B. Slap, MDAffiliations: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Philadelphia, PA 19104 PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byReducing the Risk Of Teen Parenthood: An Approach That WorksA Proposal for Obstetric and Pediatric Management of Adolescent PregnancyPhysical Examination of Asymptomatic Adults for ScreeningMark R. Goldstein, MD 1 November 1988Volume 109, Issue 9Page: 692-694KeywordsAdolescentsCancer preventionHospital medicineMedical servicesOsteoporosisPregnancyPreventive medicine ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 November 1988 PDF downloadLoading ...