Adolescents' health choices, related rights, duties and responsibilities : an integrative review

Background: Although the link between adolescents’ health choices in relation to rights, duties andresponsibilities is acknowledged, little is studied in this subject. Aim: To identify, describe and synthesize previous studies on adolescents’ health choices in relation torights, duties and responsibilities. Ethical considerations: Ethical approval is not needed as it is an integrative review of published literature. Method: The integrative review was used to review and synthesize current knowledge. Electronic andmanual searches from 2009 to March 2014 were used to systematically identify earlier studies. Results: The review identified 13 studies. Adolescents’ health choices were linked to unsuccessfullyexercised rights, arising from questioned autonomy and freedom, and their duties were hardly mentioned. Conclusion: Research into adolescents’ health choices in relation to their rights, duties and responsibilitiesis still methodologically fragmented. In future, more research is needed to support adolescents’ healthpromotion initiatives and increase their involvement opportunities