Tips for Choosing and Talking with your Health Care Provider

Finding a Provider

1. Finding and Using Adult Health Care
   (from the WA State Transition Health Notebook, Health section)
   
   
2. Choosing a Primary Health Care Provider
   • Young Women's Health
     Choosing a Primary Health Care Provider (www.youngwomenshealth.org/choosing.html)
     Publisher: Center for Young Women's Health, Children's Hospital Boston
     
     
   • Young Men's Health
     Choosing a Doctor: A Guide for Teens (www.youngmenshealthsite.org/choosing.html)
     Publisher: Young Men's Health, Children's Hospital Boston
     
     
   • The New York Times
     http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/specialtopic/choosing-a-primary-care-provider/overview.html
     
     
3. Transitions: A Guide to Teens Getting Older and Changing Health Care Providers
   • Young Women's Health: www.youngwomenshealth.org/transitions.html
     Publisher: Center for Young Women's Health, Children's Hospital Boston
     
     
   • Young Men's Health: www.youngmenshealthsite.org/transitions.html
     Publisher: Young Men's Health, Children's Hospital Boston
     
     

Communicating with your Provider

1. Communicating With Doctors and Other Health Care Providers
   (from the WA State Transition Health Notebook, Health section)
   
   
2. Learn How to Communicate Effectively with Providers
   Source: University of South Florida, College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics and the Florida Developmental Disabilities Council
   (Download whold document at: http://usfpeds.hsc.usf.edu/adolescent/pdf/Information_Guide.pdf)

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