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Child life specialists' perspectives in supporting adolescents struggling with medical non-compliance

<p> The current study sought to examine child life specialists' perspectives on supporting adolescents struggling with medical non-compliance. The intent of the study was to identify various factors involved in adolescent medical non-compliance and to examine the role of the child life specialist in supporting this population. Eighty-five certified child life specialists were surveyed regarding their work with adolescents and the strategies used to support adolescents struggling with medical non-compliance. The issues surrounding medical non-compliance were examined as well as child life specialist education and how capable child life specialists felt in their ability to support this population. Results support previous literature suggesting a negative impact of typical adolescent development on medical compliance. In addition, results revealed the multidisciplinary team approach and family dynamics as being barriers to supporting adolescents' struggle with medical non-compliance. These findings support the need for additional education to better equip child life specialists in their work with this population. </p><p> <i>Keywords: child life specialists, adolescents, medical non-compliance, medical non-adherence</i> </p>

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:PROQUEST/oai:pqdtoai.proquest.com:1557343
Date22 July 2014
CreatorsCarter, Jennifer
PublisherMills College
Source SetsProQuest.com
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
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