The Teen and Parent Surveys of Health Supplement in the Journal of Adolescent Health

The Teen and Parent Surveys of Health Supplement in the Journal of Adolescent Health

National data on adolescent health services, health education, and additional protective factors remain limited, hindering programmatic efforts to improve adolescent health and well-being. To address this gap, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in collaboration with NORC at the University of Chicago, conducted the Teen and Parent Surveys of Health (TAPS) in 2022. This supplement presents key adolescent health services findings from TAPS, framed within a triadic model of adolescent healthcare that emphasizes the roles of healthcare providers in engaging with both adolescents and parents, as well as facilitating communication between them.  Topics include parent and adolescent preferences for receiving information from primary care providers on sensitive issues including sexual and reproductive health, adolescent comfort with confidential provider interactions –a core element of quality adolescent preventive care, and the role of schools in strengthening provider-parent-adolescent partnerships in preventive care.

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