Pediatric Emergency Physicians' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors Regarding Confidential Adolescent Care.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

More than 19 million adolescents seek care in the emergency department (ED) annually. We aimed to describe the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors related to confidential adolescent care among pediatric ED physicians.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional questionnaire of US physician members of the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Collaborative Research Committee survey listserv. The 24-item questionnaire assessed familiarity with adolescent confidentiality laws, attitudes toward providing confidential care, frequency of discussing behavioral health topics confidentially, and factors influencing the decision to provide confidential care. We dichotomized Likert responses and used χ 2 to compare subgroups.

Results

Of 476 eligible physicians, 151 (32%) participa

SUBMITTER: Gutman CK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12439266 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature