HEADS Survey Jacksonville Health and Transition Services (JaxHATS) Getting into Adolescent HEADS! The HEADS survey is a useful clinical tool to screen for adolescent generic health and psychosocial issues in clinical consultations. H Home (Relationships, social support, household chores) E Education (School, exams, work experience, career) Are you at school? What year are you in? What is your favorite subject? Exercise (General) How do you keep fit? What about dancing, martial arts... A Activities (Peers) What do you do for fun? What do you do with your friends? Affect Many young people feel down or sad at times. When did you last feel like this? Have you ever felt that life is not worth living? Ambitions What do you want to do when you leave school? D Dental Care Diet (Calcium, vitamin D, weight, caffeine) Driving Drugs, cigarettes, alcohol Some young people experiment with cigarettes and alcohol. In your year at school, do people smoke, drink, or use illicit drugs? What about your friends?And you? S Sex (Concerns, periods, contraception) Most young people become more interested in closer relationships at your age. Do you have close friends? Have you ever been sexually active? Sleep Adapted from: Goldenring JM, Cohen E. Getting into adolescent heads. Contemp Pediatr 1988