EVIDENCE-BASED WELL-BABY CARE - PART 2 - EDUCATION AND ADVICE SECTIONOF THE NEXT-GENERATION OF THE ROURKE BABY RECORD

PROBLEM BEING ADDRESSED Well baby and child care in the primary care s etting has not always been based on evidence that has been shown to be effective in preventing and detecting disease and injury. OBJECTIVE O F THE PROGRAM To help physicians and nurses provide care that is more effective than a routine complete examination, the Rourke Baby Record has been revised to include evidence-based recommendations for prevent ive care for infants and young-children. The revision incorporates the approach and recommendations of the Canadian Task Force on the Period ic Health Examination. The updated record is now called the Rourke Bab y Record: Evidence-Eased Infant/Child Health Maintenance Guide (Rourke Baby Record: EB). MAIN COMPONENT OF PROGRAM Part 2 of this two-part a rticle discusses the maneuvers included in the education and advice se ction of the record. These maneuvers are discussed under the subheadin gs safety, behaviour, family coping, high-risk children, and other. CO NCLUSION Using the Rourke Baby Record: EB and incorporating it into th eir office record systems as a working guide will help increase the ef fectiveness of the primary preventive care physicians provide to infan ts and young children.