Harris Interactive conducted a survey among 500+ teens, 500 parents of teens and more than 1300 health care professionals to understand perceptions about teen health. Based on the results revealed by the survey 60 percent of teens can find at least one reason why not to get an annual checkups, with one third of them saying that your doctor should only be visited if you are sick.

The survey was conducted together with the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) and support from Pfizer Inc.

Susan J. Rehm, MD, NFID medical director, said that “NFID has long been an advocate of preventive health. With the drop in annual checkups during the teen years, we wanted to take a look at the attitudes and behaviors of the people closest to teen health to see if we can better understand the reason for the decline.” She continued saying that “If we understand why, we may be better equipped to address those perceptions.” Continue reading →