Canadian family physician Médecin de famille canadien
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Review
Rourke Baby Record 2017: Clinical update for preventive care of children up to 5 years of age.
To describe the process and evidence used to update preventive care recommendations in the 2017 Rourke Baby Record to assist primary care providers' decisions around which maneuvers to prioritize and implement in practice. ⋯ Early childhood exposures and habits have short- and long-term health consequences. The Rourke Baby Record will continue to publish updates to ensure that primary care providers are equipped to promote lifelong health and well-being through evidence-informed care in young children.
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To synthesize the available evidence on playground-related injuries and to determine the prevalence of these injuries in pediatric populations. ⋯ Although playgrounds are a common location where pediatric injuries occur, these injuries are relatively low in frequency and severity.
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To determine whether Canadian children aged 4 to 6 received well-child checks; to explore the nature of these checkups in a large family practice; and to examine the merit of using parent questionnaires about child resilience as a means of introducing a discussion about social and emotional development into this checkup. ⋯ This study offers an initial approach to exploring resilience in children and therefore addressing recognized and alterable predictors of adult well-being. Early social and emotional development predicts resilience that, in turn, foreshadows future health. The PERIK questionnaire facilitated discussions that could add tremendous value to the well-child checks of children aged 4 to 6.