Question

Discuss the differences and similarities between adult and pediatric preventative care visits. What are the goals of patient education and counseling related to preventive care? Give examples

Answer 1

Adult and pediatric preventative care visits:
differences:
-adult preventative care visits have health concerns on sexuality, fertility, and reproductive health. Pediatric preventive care called wellness or well-child visit, it health concern on vaccination, developmental screening including height and weight, and growth of the children.
-Adult preventative care visits focus on individuals, pediatric care visits focus on family(parent).
-adult make decisions for preventive care, parents make decisions for their children.
- adults preventative care visit includes diagnostic tests and screenings, pediatric preventive care visit includes a physical examination, counseling, age, and gender-appropriate history.
Similarities:
- Adult and pediatric care visits detect, prevent serious disease, and medical problems.
-most of the preventative care visits for adults and pediatrics covered by insurance plans.
Goals of the patient education and counseling are to promote healthy choices for adults and children.
and it will prevent potential health problems, disabilities, and death in the future.
For example, toilet training for the child wellness visit provides parents information that children's growth and development, this provides an opportunity to ask questions and get advice.
Immunization counseling for the parents enforces them with the importance of vaccination and the prevention of diseases for them in the future.it increases parents' knowledge and awareness about a child's health.
Example:
choletrol counselling for the adults helpt them to reduce the weight and avoid cardiovascular disease in the future.
sexually transmitted infection prevention screening detect the adults sexually disorder in the early stage.
Regular checkup make them healthy and identiy the risk factors for diseases.