       Document 0920
 DOCN  M9650920
 TI    Sexual abstinence counseling of adolescents by physicians.
 DT    9505
 AU    Patton D; Kolasa K; West S; Irons TG; Department of Family Medicine,
       East Carolina University School of; Medicine, Greenville, North Carolina
       27858, USA.
 SO    Adolescence. 1995 Winter;30(120):963-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/96152950
 AB    Attending physicians and residents at a southeastern rural teaching
       hospital specializing in family practice and pediatrics, as well as
       local family practice physicians and pediatricians, were surveyed with
       regard to their counseling of adolescents about sexuality, including
       abstinence. The physicians were asked to complete an original 67-item
       questionnaire describing their attitudes and practices. More than 60% of
       physicians reported regularly addressing the issues of HIV, STD,
       pregnancy prevention, and responsible sexual behaviors. About 35% of the
       physicians reported regularly counseling adolescents regarding 17 other
       issues pertaining to pregnancy and disease prevention, sexual abuse, or
       related medical aspects of sexuality. No respondents felt very effective
       in their counseling. Some agree they would be helped by additional
       training.
 DE    Adolescence  *Adolescent Behavior  *Counseling  Human  *Physician's Role
       *Sex Behavior  Sexual Abstinence  Support, Non-U.S. Gov't  JOURNAL
       ARTICLE

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