Discuss these guidelines and the laws in your state that address adolescent confidential health care.
An adolescent’s concerns about privacy can prevent them from seeking primary health care, especially for specific sensitive health care services such as STI screening and family planning issues. Those with privacy concerns are also less likely to talk openly with a health care clinician about important health issues, such as substance use, mental health, and risky sex. Recognizing that confidentiality is critical to high-quality care for adolescent women, professional health care organizations have adopted policy statements and practice guidelines that support the provision of confidential services.
Discuss these guidelines and the laws in your state that address adolescent confidential health care.
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Discuss these guidelines and the laws in your state that address adolescent confidential health care.
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act was enacted to safeguard the privacy of medical information and safeguard patients’ medical data. Under the act, a minor is considered as an independent individual and therefore can access treatment for STD and has a right to privacy and thus the information can be shared with the parent or guardian upon the minor consenting (English, 2004).
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