Pediatricians' Reported Practices Regarding Developmental Screening: Do Guidelines Work? Do They Help?

Sand, Nina; Silverstein, Michael; Page Glascoe, Frances; Bhushan Gupta, Vidya; Tonniges, Thomas; G. O’Connor, Karen

doi:10.1542/peds.2004-1809

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Pediatricians' Reported Practices Regarding Developmental Screening: Do Guidelines Work? Do They Help?

Published in PEDIATRICS • Jul 1, 2005

Authors:

Nina Sand

Michael Silverstein

Frances Page Glascoe

Abstract

BACKGROUND: In 2001, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) adopted a policy that all infants and young children should be screened for developmental delays at regular intervals. The policy statement promoted the use of valid reliable instruments. It is unknown, however, what proportion of pediatr...

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Medicine

Logistic regression

Odds ratio

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