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Increase the proportion of adolescents who speak privately with a provider at a preventive medical visit — AH‑02

Status: Little or no detectable change

  
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Little or no detectable change

Most Recent Data:
39.8 percent (2020-21)

Target:
43.3 percent

Desired Direction:
Increase desired

Baseline:
38.4 percent of adolescents aged 12 to 17 years spoke privately with a physician or other health care provider without another adult in the room during a preventive medical visit in the past 12 months in 2016-17

Increase the proportion of adolescents who speak privately with a physician or other health care provider during a preventive medical visit

Target-Setting Method
Percentage point improvement

Summary

Speaking privately with a health care provider during a preventive medical visit is a sign of quality care and can help adolescents develop a sense of independence and autonomy. Keeping care confidential also encourages adolescents to ask for help early when they have a problem—and makes it less likely that they’ll avoid getting care. Interventions at both the practice site and provider level can make it easier for adolescents to speak privately with providers.