1st Edition

Screening in Child Health Care Report of the Dutch Working Party on Child Health Care

By Micha De Winter Copyright 1995
212 Pages
by CRC Press

192 Pages
by CRC Press

Child surveillance is a subject of increasing scientific social and political debate in many countries of the world. In the UK protocols for effective action are based on a government report 'Health for all children'. The research which gave rise to these protocols has been developed further in the Netherlands and drawing on the experience of other health care systems has produced conclusions... Read more
1. Aims, procedures and outcome measurement in pre-school Child Health Care 2. Immunizations 3. Screening for phenylketonuria and congenital hypothyroidism 4. Screening for hearing impairment 5. Early detection and prevention of vision defects 6. Developmental surveillance 7. Detection of speech and language disorders 8. The periodic health examination 9. Prevention of psychosocial and educational problems 10. Health education 11. Activities directed at the social and physical environment of children and parents

Biography

Micha De Winter