Ma Wei-Fen, Chao Fen-Hao, Chang Hsiu-Ju, Liou Yiing-Mei, Chiang Li-Chi
School of Nursing, National Defense Medical Center, ROC.
Hu Li Za Zhi. 2009 Dec;56(6):21-6.
As adolescent girls have specific healthcare needs, this paper was designed to provide a better understanding of their healthcare needs in both physical and psychosocial terms. After conducting a targeted review of the literature on children and adolescents, we identified factors of importance to physical health as body weight, physical activity, menstruation, sexual knowledge and attitude and to psychosocial health as anxiety, interpersonal relationships, depression, and suicide behavior. Reflecting these factors, this paper presents four preventive suggestions to clinical practice, education, and research to facilitate improvements in adolescent girl's health. These suggestions include: 1) strengthening health education and media responsibility with regard to adolescent girl health; 2) improving awareness of the needs of adolescent girls within healthcare and education organizations; 3) making health guidelines for promoting proper health behavior in adolescent girls; and 4) mobilizing nurses to assert the health of adolescent girls in clinical, education, and research fields. This is the first paper that focuses on the health needs of adolescent Taiwanese girls. The authors hope that more people become involved in the care of adolescent girl's health in Taiwan.
由于青春期女孩有特定的医疗保健需求，本文旨在从生理和心理社会层面更好地理解她们的医疗保健需求。在对有关儿童和青少年的文献进行有针对性的综述后，我们确定了对身体健康重要的因素，如体重、体育活动、月经、性知识和态度，以及对心理社会健康重要的因素，如焦虑、人际关系、抑郁和自杀行为。反映这些因素，本文针对临床实践、教育和研究提出了四条预防建议，以促进青春期女孩健康状况的改善。这些建议包括：1）加强关于青春期女孩健康的健康教育和媒体责任；2）提高医疗保健和教育机构对青春期女孩需求的认识；3）制定促进青春期女孩健康行为的健康指南；4）动员护士在临床、教育和研究领域维护青春期女孩的健康。这是第一篇关注台湾青春期女孩健康需求的论文。作者希望更多人参与到台湾青春期女孩健康护理中来。
