Survey of the pre-school child health surveillance programme in Sweden
| Autor: | R Kornfält |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
media_common.quotation_subject Developmental Disabilities Breastfeeding Child Welfare Health Promotion Child health services Child health Perception Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Humans Mass Screening Psychiatry Child media_common Sweden business.industry General Medicine Mother-Child Relations Health promotion Breast Feeding Family medicine Mother child interaction Child Preschool Population Surveillance Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Pre school business Breast feeding |
| Zdroj: | Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992). Supplement. 89(434) |
| ISSN: | 0803-5326 |
| Popis: | A survey of the programme for developmental surveillance in the Child Health Centres (CHCs) in Sweden was performed using a questionnaire administered to the Chief Medical Officers (CMO) of the Child Health Services. The questionnaire asked about methods used for auditory examination, developmental surveillance and identification of disturbances in mother-child interaction. Activities for health promotion concerning breastfeeding, non-smoking and allergy prevention were also queried. Thirty-four CMOs representing 1731 CHCs and 645000 children answered the questionnaire. The reply rate was 81%. Various methods of auditory examination are offered all infants and children in Sweden. The national guidelines for health supervision are followed fairly closely by all. Screening for disturbances in attention, motor development and perception (DAMP) is performed by all but four districts, with various methods, resources and degrees of co-operation with school health services. Support in mother-child interaction is considered very important and new methods to identify and treat disturbances are gradually introduced. Breastfeeding is encouraged; breast milk is the main source of food for 67% of babies at 4 mo of age. Activities to stop or diminish use of tobacco are ongoing everywhere, as are programmes to identify children at risk of developing allergies and for allergy prevention. Thus, the Child Health Services maintain a high standard and are ambitious about introducing new methods and ideas. |
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