title: Preventive health care for infants birth to two years of age.
abstract: The primary health care system must place emphasis on promoting early and comprehensive prenatal care, providing anticipatory guidance about injury prevention, ensuring adequate immunization, and monitoring growth and development to maximize the health of infants and young children. These priorities form the foundation of contemporary primary prevention for infants and young children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Shasta Community Health Center, Redding, California 96001, USA.
authors.forename: P O
authors.initials: PO
authors.lastname: Sand
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Sand
mesh_terms: D002657:Child Development; D003955:Diagnostic Tests, Routine; D006801:Humans; D007115:Immunization Schedule; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015997:Neonatal Screening; D009910:Oral Hygiene; D010372:Pediatrics; D011322:Primary Prevention