Week 1 - E - Overview of an adolescent Flashcards
What is the WHO definition in years of an adolescent?
10-19years
What is the stages used for pubertal development?
Tanner stages
When gaining consent from an adolescent, the adolescent must have capacity to give consent, what makes a person competent?
A competent young person should be able to:
Understand simple terms and the nature, purpose and necessity for proposed treatment
Understand the benefits, risks and effects of, as well as the alternatives to, non-treatment
Understand that the information applies to them
Retain the information long enough to make a choice
Make a choice free from pressure
In scotland, can a parent authorise treatment a competent young person has refused?
NO
A framework to remind us of things we want to discuss with young people is HEEADSS
What does this stand for?
Home - (home life/relationships)
Education/Employment – progress at school, financial concerns
Eating – weight, body image
Activities – peers, physical activity
Drugs
Sex – Sexual activity, orientation, STIs
Suicidality
Safety – risk taking behaviour/criminality
Sex is a topic that needs to be discussed with a child, here are a couple of examples (state whether you feel necessary to investigate) -
A 12 yo male discloses having sex with an 18yo female
16yo female with learning difficulties reports having had sex with 18yo male
A 12 yo female has had sex with her 12yo male
A 12 yo male discloses having sex with an 18yo female
- investigate
16yo female with learning difficulties reports having had sex with 18yo male
- investigate
A 12 yo female has had sex with her 12yo male
- investigate
What percentage of the UK population are adolescents?
12%
