Do negative life experiences predict the health-care-seeking of adolescents? A study of 10th-year students in Oslo, Norway

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 128-134

  Haavet, Ole Rikard ^a   Straand, Jorund ^a   Hjortdahl, Per ^a   Saugstad, Ola Didrik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adolescent health; Depression; Family; Health care providers; Illness; Physicians; Prevention; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NORWAY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOLOGIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL ABUSE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNEMPLOYMENT; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; NORWAY; PEER GROUP; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNEMPLOYMENT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 22144435516     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2004.08.031     Document Type: Article

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