GAPS (AMA guidelines for adolescent preventive services) - Where are the gaps?

The AMA Guidelines for Adolescent Preventive Services (GAPS): Recommendations and Rationale(1) is a major breakthrough in the evolution of preventive health services in general and of adolescent preventive services in particular. GAPS is a comprehensive guide for adolescent health professionals that contains several pioneering elements. These elements include (1) providing a framework for the organization and content of ''well-adolescent care,'' (2) offering guidance for parents and families as an essential part of adolescent health care, and (3) dealing with a wide range of adolescent health problems, with an appropriate focus on the behavioral, emotional, and developmental aspects.