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Developmental assessment: practice tips for primary care physicians
Ying Ying Choo1, Sita Padmini Yeleswarapu2, Choon How How3,4
1SingHealth Polyclinics - Sengkang, Singapore.
Insights
Monitoring child development is crucial. Parents and primary care physicians can use checklists to identify developmental delays early, ensuring timely intervention for better outcomes.
Area of Science:
- Pediatrics
- Developmental Biology
- Child Psychology
Background:
- Child development encompasses biological, psychological, and emotional changes from birth to adolescence.
- Developmental surveillance is recommended during routine pediatric visits.
- Parental involvement is key in assessing a child's development.
Purpose of the Study:
- To outline normal child developmental assessment procedures.
- To suggest screening tools and questions for primary care settings.
- To emphasize early identification of developmental delays.
Main Methods:
- Review of child development milestones.
- Integration of developmental surveillance into pediatric care.
- Utilizing parent-completed developmental checklists.
Main Results:
- Normal child development follows predictable sequential stages.
- Parental monitoring via checklists aids in early detection.
- Primary care physicians play a vital role in guiding parents.
Conclusions:
- Routine developmental surveillance and parental engagement are essential in primary care.
- Screening tools can facilitate the identification of developmental delays.
- Prompt further evaluation is necessary upon identifying developmental concerns.
Abstract:
Child development refers to the continuous but predictably sequential biological, psychological and emotional changes that occur in human beings between birth and the end of adolescence. Developmental surveillance should be incorporated into every child visit. Parents play an important role in the child's developmental assessment. The primary care physician should educate and encourage parents to use the developmental checklist in the health booklet to monitor their child's development. Further evaluation is necessary when developmental delay is identified. This article aimed to highlight the normal child developmental assessment as well as to provide suggestions for screening tools and questions to be used within the primary care setting.
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