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Consensus on adolescent friendly health services

Consensus on adolescent friendly health services. Global consultation on A FHS. Rationale: To develop a shared understanding in this area, based on hard evidence & the experiences & insights of front-line workers. 15. Consensus statement on AFHS # 1.

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Consensus on adolescent friendly health services

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  1. Consensus on adolescent friendly health services

  2. Global consultation on AFHS. Rationale: To develop a shared understanding in this area, based on hard evidence & the experiences & insights of front-line workers. 15

  3. Consensus statement on AFHS # 1. Promoting healthy development in adolescents requires a shared vision with complementary actions by different ‘players’; actions which are aimed at fulfilling their rights & meet their special needs.

  4. Consensus statement on AFHS # 2. All adolescents should be able, to access promotive, preventive & curative health services relevant to their stage of maturation & their life circumstances.

  5. Consensus statement on AFHS # 3. For a variety of reasons, adolescents in many places are unable to obtain the health services they need.

  6. Consensus statement on AFHS # 4. Adolescents have many ideas about how to make health services user-friendly; generally they stress the ethos more than the technical quality of the services.

  7. Consensus statement on AFHS # 5. A user-friendly health service does not necessarily ensure service utilization by adolescents.

  8. Consensus statement on AFHS # 6. There are a number of approaches for increasing service utilisation by adolescents (in places where a user-friendly health service exists).

  9. Consensus statement on AFHS # 7. • To complement & extend coverage of health services provided by government-run health facilities, other channels could be made available. • Adolescents are much more likely to obtain the services they need if existing service providers are networked.

  10. Consensus statement on AFHS # 8. It would be helpful to define the elements of a core package of health services, and how it could be developed and provided in different settings & contexts.

  11. Consensus statement on AFHS # 9. Health care providers require technical competence relevant to adolescent health & development.

  12. Consensus statement on AFHS # 10. Quality assurance/improvement methods, which empower health care providers to deliver client-centred care, should be applied to health services for adolescents.

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