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Adolescents' Perceived Barriers to Healthcare Services
Author(s) -
Rew Lynn
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6171
pISSN - 1073-6077
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6171.1995.tb00543.x
Subject(s) - metropolitan area , feeling , competence (human resources) , perception , health care , mental health , psychology , unavailability , nursing , medicine , psychiatry , social psychology , engineering , pathology , neuroscience , reliability engineering , economics , economic growth
PURPOSE. To explore adolescents' perceptions of information needed to feel both mentally and physically healthy and their perceptions of barriers that exist to obtaining health‐care services related to these needs. METHODS. A convenience sample of 64 adolescents ages 11‐18 years, living in a metropolitan southern community. Content analysis was used to analyze the written responses of the subjects to open‐ended questions. FINDINGS. Adolescents wanted information about what activities were defined as healthy and unhealthy, including facts about exercise, nutrition, and expressing feelings. Perceived barriers included money, time, personal characteristics, parents, and unavailability of appropriate resources. CONCLUSIONS. Findings have implications for designing services to meet the mental health care and educational needs of adolescents. Involving adolescents in the planning of these services is an important step in promoting health and self‐care competence.