Adolescents' Right to Participate: Opportunities and Challenges for Health Care Professionals

Background</h3><p id="sp0010">Health care professionals and patients are partners in <a title="Learn more about Delivery of Health Care" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/delivery-of-health-care">health care delivery<...

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Autores principales:	Jonathan Todres, Angela Diaz
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Publicado:	Ubiquity Press 2017
Materias:	adolescent children's rights health care health care professionals human rights participation rights Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:77483344431d41578849b9281bb694d42021-12-02T05:02:54ZAdolescents' Right to Participate: Opportunities and Challenges for Health Care Professionals2214-999610.1016/j.aogh.2017.10.019https://doaj.org/article/77483344431d41578849b9281bb694d42017-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://annalsofglobalhealth.org/articles/137https://doaj.org/toc/2214-9996Background</h3><p id="sp0010">Health care professionals and patients are partners in <a title="Learn more about Delivery of Health Care" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/delivery-of-health-care">health care delivery</a>, and this partnership is critical in the treatment of adolescents. International children's rights law establishes that all children have a right to participate in decisions that affect their lives. Fulfillment of that right is as critical in health care settings as any other area of children's lives.</p><h3 id="st0020">Objectives</h3><p id="sp0015">In this article we examine the right to participate under international children's rights law, its relevance to health care settings, and how health care professionals can foster adolescents' participation to fulfill children's rights and improve <a title="Learn more about Health Care Outcome" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/health-care-outcome">health care outcomes</a>.</p><h3 id="st0025">Findings</h3><p id="sp0020">The Convention on the Rights of the Child establishes a legal mandate—where ratified—that adolescents have the right to express their views in health care settings and that such views must be given due consideration. In many health care settings, adolescents are not adequately consulted or have limited opportunities to express their views. A review of research finds that both processes and outcomes can improve when youth participation is cultivated.</p><h3 id="st0030">Conclusions</h3><p id="sp0025"><a title="Learn more about Health Care Provider" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/health-care-provider">Health care providers</a> and organizations have numerous opportunities to cultivate adolescent's participation rights and in doing so improve health care delivery and outcomes. Health care providers and organizations should further develop structures and processes to ensure opportunities for children and adolescents to be heard on matters relevant to their health care and health status. Creating opportunities for adolescents to realize their right to participate means engaging youth at every stage in the process, beginning with the design of such opportunities. It also means addressing all aspects of health care, from the built environment to patient-provider communication to follow-up services, so that the entire process fosters an environment conductive to meaningful participation by adolescents.Jonathan TodresAngela DiazUbiquity Pressarticleadolescentchildren's rightshealth carehealth care professionalshuman rightsparticipationrightsInfectious and parasitic diseasesRC109-216Public aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENAnnals of Global Health, Vol 83, Iss 5-6, Pp 697-703 (2017)
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spellingShingle	adolescent children's rights health care health care professionals human rights participation rights Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Jonathan Todres Angela Diaz Adolescents' Right to Participate: Opportunities and Challenges for Health Care Professionals
description	Background</h3><p id="sp0010">Health care professionals and patients are partners in <a title="Learn more about Delivery of Health Care" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/delivery-of-health-care">health care delivery</a>, and this partnership is critical in the treatment of adolescents. International children's rights law establishes that all children have a right to participate in decisions that affect their lives. Fulfillment of that right is as critical in health care settings as any other area of children's lives.</p><h3 id="st0020">Objectives</h3><p id="sp0015">In this article we examine the right to participate under international children's rights law, its relevance to health care settings, and how health care professionals can foster adolescents' participation to fulfill children's rights and improve <a title="Learn more about Health Care Outcome" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/health-care-outcome">health care outcomes</a>.</p><h3 id="st0025">Findings</h3><p id="sp0020">The Convention on the Rights of the Child establishes a legal mandate—where ratified—that adolescents have the right to express their views in health care settings and that such views must be given due consideration. In many health care settings, adolescents are not adequately consulted or have limited opportunities to express their views. A review of research finds that both processes and outcomes can improve when youth participation is cultivated.</p><h3 id="st0030">Conclusions</h3><p id="sp0025"><a title="Learn more about Health Care Provider" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/health-care-provider">Health care providers</a> and organizations have numerous opportunities to cultivate adolescent's participation rights and in doing so improve health care delivery and outcomes. Health care providers and organizations should further develop structures and processes to ensure opportunities for children and adolescents to be heard on matters relevant to their health care and health status. Creating opportunities for adolescents to realize their right to participate means engaging youth at every stage in the process, beginning with the design of such opportunities. It also means addressing all aspects of health care, from the built environment to patient-provider communication to follow-up services, so that the entire process fosters an environment conductive to meaningful participation by adolescents.
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Adolescents' Right to Participate: Opportunities and Challenges for Health Care Professionals

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