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National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. 2011. Alcohol screening and brief intervention for youth: A practitioner's guide. Bethesda, MD: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 40 pp.

Annotation: This guide for primary care health professionals provides a simple, empirically derived tool for identifying children and adolescents ages 9-18 at risk for alcohol-related problems. The guide also explains why it is important to screen for such problems and how the tool helps in doing so. A pocket guide and algorithm are also available from the website.

Keywords: Adolescent behavior, Adolescent health, Alcohol abuse, Alcohol consumption behavior, Alcohol dependence, Alcohol intoxication, Child attitudes, Adolescent attitudes, Child behavior, Child health, Continuing education, High risk adolescents, High risk children, Intervention, Prevention, Primary care, Screening

Fox HB, McManus MA, Yurkiewics SM. 2010. Parents' perspectives on health care for adolescents. Washington, DC: National Alliance to Advance Adolescent Health , 14 pp. (Report; no. 3)

Annotation: This report presents findings from a focus group study conducted with parents of adolescents from families with low incomes in four cities -- Los Angeles, Miama, Chicago, and Washington, DC -- about adolescent health care. The report provides parents' perspectives on topics such as health problems that adolescents face, experiences obtaining health care for adolescents, parents' role in their adolescent's health care, and staff and services at an ideal health care site for adolescents. The report also provides a comparison of parent and adolescent perspectives.

Keywords: Access to health care, Adolescent attitudes, Parents, Parent child relations, Adolescent health, Families, Focus groups, Low income groups
   

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