{"title":"Environment and admission preferences of 16-17 year olds.","authors":"Hannah Siu-Yu Ha, Samantha Jones, Damian Roland","doi":"10.1136/bmjpo-2023-002451","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This is a short letter highlighting findings from a service evaluation of 16-17 year olds' preferences of location of care following presentation to an Emergency Department. 95 young people were interviewed; 54.7% (52/95) of participants preferred to be seen in the Paediatric Emergency Department, with 16 year olds showing a higher preference (62.2%) compared with 17 year olds (48.0%). Additionally, 58.9% (56/95) desired a choice in treatment location, and 67.4% (64/95) expressed a preference for age-specific wards during admissions. Our findings highlight the importance of recognising the individual needs and preferences of young people within healthcare.</p>","PeriodicalId":9069,"journal":{"name":"BMJ Paediatrics Open","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3000,"publicationDate":"2025-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12314816/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"BMJ Paediatrics Open","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2023-002451","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"PEDIATRICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This is a short letter highlighting findings from a service evaluation of 16-17 year olds' preferences of location of care following presentation to an Emergency Department. 95 young people were interviewed; 54.7% (52/95) of participants preferred to be seen in the Paediatric Emergency Department, with 16 year olds showing a higher preference (62.2%) compared with 17 year olds (48.0%). Additionally, 58.9% (56/95) desired a choice in treatment location, and 67.4% (64/95) expressed a preference for age-specific wards during admissions. Our findings highlight the importance of recognising the individual needs and preferences of young people within healthcare.