“Male Adolescent Use of Health Care
Services: Where Are the Boys?”
Arik Marcell, etal. Jnl of Adolescent Health, 2002: 30
Secondary analysis of NAMCS, NHAMCS,
CAHSS
13-19 males make fewer visits to adolescent
health programs (schools, hospitals,
community health centers)
Of all adolescent health clinic venues, SBCs
see highest proportion of males (40% vs. 60%)