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Expand your HEADS, follow the THRxEADS!
Nicholas Chadi1, Khush Amaria1, Miriam Kaufman1
1Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario.
Abstract:
Adolescence can be a particularly challenging period for individuals with a chronic health condition or disability. We present a new mnemonic, THRxEADS (T for Transition, H for Home, Rx for Medication and Treatment, E for Education and Eating, A for Activities and Affect, D for Drugs and S for Sexuality), which can be used as a complement to the adolescent HEADS (Home-Education-Activities-Drugs-Sexuality) assessment. THRxEADS may serve as a clinical tool to explore key issues that are often not covered in subspecialty clinic visits such as transition, coping, adherence and understanding of illness, as they apply to youth with special health care needs. THRxEADS may be used as a vehicle to highlight successes and to promote resilience. It may also be used as an educational tool with medical trainees to allow a deeper understanding of the realities of adolescents with chronic health care needs. A short list of sample chronic illness and disability-specific questions is provided.
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