학술논문
A Longitudinal Study of Developmental and Behavioral Screening and Referral in North Carolina's Assuring Better Child Health and Development Participating Practices.
Document Type
Article
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Subject
*BEHAVIORAL assessment
*CHILD psychology
*PRIMARY care
*CHILD development
*CHILD care
*COHORT analysis
*LONGITUDINAL method
*QUALITATIVE research
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ISSN
0009-9228
Abstract
Screening children for developmental and behavioral delays is an important part of primary care practice. Well-child visits provide an ideal opportunity to engage parents and to do periodic screening. Screening identifies children who may be at risk and need further evaluation. In North Carolina's Assuring Better Child Health and Development project best-practices process, screening was incorporated as a routine part of well-child visits regardless of payor. The schedule of screenings, using the Ages and Stages Questionnaire, was 6, 12, 18 or 24, 36, 48, and 60 months. From the practices' population, a cohort of 526 children, screened from the age of 6 months during August 2001 through November 2003, was retrospectively reviewed. The main objectives of this descriptive study were to determine the number of children who were screened and whether this rate improved with time, observe patterns and trajectories for children identified at risk in 1 or more of the 5 developmental domains, and examine referral rates and physician referral patterns. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]