School health screening of a birth cohort: a prospective longitudinal study.
School age illnesses, coded according to the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) from information in 4 327 school health records, are reported for a perinatal cohort (The Copenhagen Perinatal Cohort 1959-61) comprising 9 125 successive live births. Although characteristic somatic disorders continue to arise, the medical picture is dominated by problems of a psycho-social nature. This finding suggests that the school health service should be adapted towards this changing pattern of child health.
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003718:Denmark; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D009017:Morbidity; D011247:Pregnancy; D012306:Risk; D012572:School Health Services