Services. This report consists of 24 recommendations regarding adolescent preventive
services that focus on four general areas:(1) health care delivery,(2) health guidance,(3) …

The 1990s have witnessed a resurgence in clinical preventive medicine. With a finite
amount of health care dollars available, prevention is an attractive alternative to rationing …

Driven by health care reform and the ascendancy of managed care, an increasing emphasis
is being placed on clinical preventive services as a means to both improve health and …

Drs Knishkowy and Palti 1 present an excellent review of the recommendations of the
American Medical Association Guidelines for Adolescent Preventive Services (GAPS). The …

Eleven years ago the American Medical Association (AMA) published the Guidelines for
Adolescent Preventive Services (GAPS), a systematic and comprehensive approach to …

TheAMA Guidelines for Adolescent Preventive Services (GAPS): Recommendations and
Rationale 1 is a major breakthrough in the evolution of preventive health services in general …

Although adolescence has long been recognized as a vulnerable period, the emphasis on
preventive health care for this age group is a relatively recent phenomenon. In the past 25 …

The Guidelines for Adolescent Preventive Services (GAPS) were developed by the
American Medical Association's Department of Adolescent Health and a national scientific …

Objective To determine whether pediatricians in managed care settings adhere to national
guidelines concerning the provision of clinical preventive services. Design Surveys were …

The health status and health behaviors of adolescents have been monitored closely for
many years [1, 2]. Although improvement has been noted in certain indicators, compared …