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WHO defines Adolescence as the segment of life between the ages of 10-19 years. Adolescence is a transition phase through which a child becomes an adult. It is characterized by rapid growth and development; physiologically, psychologically and socially. 1 85% of them live in developing countries. 2 About one-fifth of India's population is in the adolescent age group of 10-19 years. Adolescents constitute a sizeable proportion of the Indian mothers. In Andhra Pradesh, this segment constitutes approximately 5.03% of the population. The importance of this target group lies in the fact that they are going to be the mothers of tomorrow-whose well being is critically important for improving the nutritional, health and educational status of women in the State. Various base line surveys also revealed that the health, nutritional and educational status of adolescent girls are at sub-optimal level. 33 The scheduled castes and scheduled tribes have been identified as two most ABSTRACT Objective: To study the Morbidity pattern among the adolescent girls in the social welfare hostels for scheduled castes. Study Period: June 2008-May 2009; Type of Study: Descriptive Cross sectional study. Study setting: Social welfare hostels for scheduled caste girls in Nellore city. Participants: 542 adolescent girls Sampling frame: Adolescent girls residing in six social welfare hostels for scheduled caste students in Nellore Variables studied: socio demographic profile, morbidity pattern. Appropriate statistical packages were used to analyze. Results: Majority of the girls were from rural background (83.58%). 35.79% were in middle school, 86% of girls stayed less than five years in the hostel. The major prevalent morbid conditions among girls were Pediculosis 83.21%, Dysmenorrhea 43.6% Dental caries 28.04%, Skin disorders 26.4% Conclusion: Pediculosis, poor personal hygiene and dysmenorrhea were found to have significance across the age groups. High morbidity was found in 11-13 year age group.

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The Present descriptive review provides a detailed practical approach in conducting the effective patient medication interview. It includes four main areas, 1) the process involved and goals to be achieved, 2) the importance of accurate patient drug history in patient medication history interview, 3) information to be recorded during patient medication history interview and 4) how to conduct patient medication interview in an effective manner. This present review further attempted to give a clear pictorial representation regarding patient medication history interview as well produced a well-documented patient medication history interview form by referring all the available sources and thorough review of all available scientific literature.