The Importance of Well Care Visits for Adolescents

Routine checkups with your teen’s pediatrician are important to their health and wellbeing. 

While parents know the importance of bringing their children in for routine checkups with our Maricopa, AZ, pediatrician, most parents forget that these same well-care visits are just as important for the health of their teens. After all, many changes are happening to your teen mentally, physically, and emotionally, and having a doctor that understands this and can provide unique care is paramount.

What occurs in a well-care visit? 

A well-care visit with our Maricopa, AZ, pediatrician will be a bit different for teens than it is for children. After all, teens have unique health needs and concerns that sometimes need to be addressed during these visits. Just like with children, we will perform a comprehensive physical evaluation checking everything from your teen’s blood pressure and heart rate to their vision, hearing, and reflexes. We will also make sure your teen is up to date on their immunizations.

Our team of trained professionals knows exactly what questions to ask your teen to make sure they are fully educated and knowledgeable about their own health and wellbeing. We may ask questions about their sexual health, drugs or alcohol, school performance, sleep habits, or how they cope with stress.

What is the importance of a well-care visit for teens? 

While these visits are designed to keep your child healthy and to prevent health problems from occurring in the first place, these visits are also a great way for our team to catch health problems early on when they are often much easier to treat. Not only that, but we understand that the transition into becoming an adolescent is a unique one that is not without its challenges.

By creating a strong doctor-patient relationship with your teen, we create a comfortable and safe environment for them to ask any questions they may have. Everything that your teen says is confidential, and we take their trust very seriously here at Southwestern Pediatrics and Family Care.

If you have questions for our Maricopa, AZ, pediatrician with regards to your adolescent’s health, or if you simply need to schedule your child’s or teen’s next appointment, call Southwestern Pediatrics and Family Care today at (520) 568-9500.