title: Developmental monitoring in primary care.
abstract: Monitoring child development is an essential part of primary health care. Successful surveillance depends on physicians' thorough knowledge of normal progress along the four developmental streams: motor, language, cognitive, and social and emotional. Being alert to "red flags" that suggest problems is important. Effective interventions can minimize developmental problems.
authors.affiliation: Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont.
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Goldfarb
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Roberts
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003071:Cognition; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007804:Language Development; D009048:Motor Skills; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012922:Social Change