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Adolescence is a time when home, school, and other environmental influences can impact not only adolescent health but also their future adult health. Currently, adolescent health screening has focused loosely on the biopsychosocial (BPS) model of health screening. Unfortunately, the biopsychosocial diagnostic process is not without barriers and shortcomings in adolescent health screening. We propose that it is currently possible for primary care providers to have more robust tools and methods to help with disease prevention and health promotion. Besides outlining the importance of the HEEADSSS approach to the adolescent patient, our work hopes to both simplify and amplify the efficacy of current tools used in adolescent screening. In the age of big data, we now have enlarged data pools allowing us to increase the accuracy and decrease the biases in our screening. Our hope is that this book will help primary care providers to better implement the BPS model toward a more robust approach to adolescent healthcare. |
