Prevention dollars and sense

Article Abstract:

Much must be done in order to fully reap the benefits of preventative services for adolescents. Successful efforts to prevent or modify adolescent risky behavior are likely to reduce health costs for adults as well as adolescents because adults tend to retain the habits set during the teenage years. However, medical schools need to teach students the skills required to effectively provide preventive services to adolescents. The rest of the community, including schools, businesses, and religious organizations, needs to work in concert with health care providers. Programs are needed that target all risky behaviors instead of a piecemeal approach, which will require changes in funding and the provision of multiple services under one roof. Research into the effectiveness of interventions are needed so that controversial ones, such as provision of contraceptives, can be placed on a sound scientific basis.

Health aspects, Economic aspects, Prevention, Risk factors (Health), Preventive health services, Preventive medicine, Adolescent medicine

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Just say no ... welfare

Article Abstract:

Medical professionals need to inform and persuade politicians to consider the needs of children and teenagers before cutting welfare programs. The health of poor children in particular may be adversely affected by welfare cuts. Pediatricians may need to tell policymakers that a punitive policy of cutting welfare to reduce the rate of teenage pregnancy will be ineffective. More children will need substitute care subsidized by the government if teenage mothers cannot get welfare. Orphanages, which have been proposed as a form of substitute care, may be more expensive than providing welfare and family support services.

Care and treatment, Political aspects, Welfare recipients, Welfare reform, Teenage pregnancy

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Use of Spun Urine to Enhance Detection of Trichomonas vaginalis in Adolescent Women

Article Abstract:

Analyzing a spun urine sample and a vaginal sample for Trichomonas vaginalis infection is more effective than either diagnostic method alone. A spun urine sample is created by putting the urine sample in a centrifuge and spinning it rapidly. This concentrates the solid particles at the bottom of the test tube. Researchers tested 97 women suspected of having a vaginal Trichomonas infection using vaginal specimens, spun urine specimens, or both. Vaginal specimens alone identified 73% of those infected, spun urine alone identified 64% and both together identified 85%.

Diagnosis, Identification and classification, Trichomonas vaginalis, Trichomonas, Trichomoniasis, Urine, Urine culture

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