title: Child health assessment and screening using a volunteer staff.
abstract: A child health assessment and screening program, staffed by volunteers, has evaluated approximately 5,000 children in a general pediatric clinic. A sample of 500 children was studied to determine characteristics of the population served, quality of the work of the volunteers and the number of new problems identified. Use of well-trained volunteers, provided with adequate supervision and follow-up physical examination of the children, identified many new problems at minimal cost and proved an effective means of expanding quality health care.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006745:Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499; D006758:Hospital Volunteers; D006772:Hospitals, Military; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital / Q000592:standards; D010372:Pediatrics; D014481:United States; D014861:Washington; D000078329:Workforce