Annals of family medicine
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Annals of family medicine · Nov 2006
Multicenter StudyPerspectives on confidential care for adolescent girls.
We wanted to obtain perspectives of mothers and daughters on facilitators of and barriers to with adolescent girls' timely access to risk-appropriate reproductive care. ⋯ A lack of trust in health care clinicians and the mother's gatekeeper role are key barriers to girls' transition to reproductive care. Consistently including a confidential component to health care visits in early adolescence, with preparation for both mothers and daughters, may reduce the distrust and discomfort.
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Annals of family medicine · Nov 2006
Multicenter StudyConceptual models of treatment in depressed Hispanic patients.
Though patient variables are likely to play an important role in the undertreatment of depression, little is known of patients' perceptions of standard depression treatments. In an effort to understand their perspective, we investigated depressed Hispanic patients' perceptions of primary care treatments and the specific benefits associated with them. ⋯ Patients' perceptions of the specific efficacies of depression treatment did not match priorities implicit in current treatment guidelines. Such perceptions may play a key role in shaping patients' decisions to initiate and maintain treatment.