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PEDIATRICS Vol. 103 No. 5 Supplement May 1999, pp. 1083-1085

Core Competencies for Involvement of Health Care Providers in the Care of Children and Adolescents in Families Affected by Substance Abuse

Hoover Adger Jr, MD, MPH, Donald Ian Macdonald, MD, and Sis Wenger

From the Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.

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The pediatrician's responsibility for alcohol and other drug (AOD) problems among children, adolescents, and families has received increased recognition over the last decade. Although reaching a consensus about the scope of that responsibility has been challenging, several professional organizations and individuals have attempted to clarify the role of the pediatrician and of other primary health care providers who care for children and adolescents.

The American Academy of Pediatrics took an important step forward by creating a set of guidelines for both pediatric education and clinical practice when it released its policy statement on The Role of the Pediatrician in Prevention and Management of Substance Abuse. This Statement noted that "inquiry regarding the extent of drug use should be part of the routine inquiry of every teenager presenting . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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