Adolescent Health: A Compendium of AAP Clinical Practice Guidelines and Policies Paperback and eBook Package

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This new compendium is your source for trustworthy recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics on quality care of adolescents. It contains clinical practice guidelines and policy statements of interest to physicians who care for adolescents.

More than 30 different topics are organized into 9 sections for easy reference. Each statement or report contains an abstract overview, a concise presentation and critiques of the available data, and a summary of the findings and/or recommendations, along with a current and comprehensive bibliography.

 Topics include

• Unique needs of adolescents
• Caring for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth
• Contraception and gynecology
• E-cigarettes, marijuana use, opioid use disorders
• Preventive health care, immunizations, and high blood pressure
• Media use
• Mental health
• Racism
• Sports participation and safety
• Tattooing, piercing, and scarification
• Transitioning adolescents to adulthood in the medical home
• Plus much more…