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Transition from child-centered to adult health-care systems for adolescents with chronic conditions: A position paper of the Society for Adolescent Medicine

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This article is published in Journal of Adolescent Health.The article was published on 1993-11-01. It has received 1248 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Adolescent medicine & Position paper.

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Obesity in children and young people: a crisis in public health.

TL;DR: The present report has been written to focus attention on the issue and to urge policy-makers to consider taking action before it is too late.
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Guidelines for the management of inflammatory bowel disease in adults

TL;DR: The present document is intended primarily for the use of clinicians in the United Kingdom, and serves to replace the previous BSG guidelines in IBD, while complementing recent consensus statements published by the European Crohn's and Colitis Organisation (ECCO).
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Functional status and well-being of patients with chronic conditions. Results from the Medical Outcomes Study.

TL;DR: For eight of nine common chronic medical conditions, patients with the condition showed markedly worse physical, role, and social functioning; mental health; health perceptions; and/or bodily pain compared with patients with no chronic conditions.
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Chronic childhood disorders: prevalence and impact.

TL;DR: The authors review what is currently known about the prevalence of a wide variety of chronic disorders in childhood with an emphasis upon significant recent areas of change and the implications of these changes.
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Life Beyond Pediatrics: Transition of Chronically III Adolescents from Pediatric to Adult Health Care Systems

TL;DR: This article examines some of the issues surrounding transition and transfer from pediatric to adult health care systems and proposes some avenues toward implementation of such programs.
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