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Policy Compendium on Confidential Health Services for Adolescents, Second Edition (2005)

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Table of Contents

Preface & Introduction (pdf)

Key Findings &Tables (pdf)

General Statements about the Importance of Confidentiality (pdf)

General Policy Statements that Address Adolescents' Access to Confidential Health Care, Including the Roles of Parents and Guardians in Adolescent Health Care and Procedures to Safeguard Adolescents' Confidentiality (pdf)

Policy Statements about Confidentiality Concerns for Particular Populations of Adolescents (pdf)

Adolescents who have run away, are homeless, or are living on the street

Adolescents in state custody

Adolescents who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender

Pregnant and parenting adolescents

Policy Statements about Adolescents' Informed Consent and Confidential Access to Specific Health Care Services (pdf)

Preventive health services

Dental Services

Contraception, pregnancy-related services, abortion, and other reproductive health services

Testing and treatment for HIV and sexually transmitted infections

Mental health and substance abuse services

Policy Statements about Confidentiality in Particular Health Care Settings (pdf)

Schools and school health centers

College health services

Emergency departments

Managed care settings

References (pdf)

Appendices

Appendix A: Contact Information for Organizations Represented in this Compendium (pdf)

Appendix B: Index by Organization (pdf)

Appendix C: Significance of the HIPAA Privacy Rule for Health Care of Adolescents (pdf)

 
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