title: Integrated community-based screening for cardiovascular diseases of childhood.
abstract: A screening programme in northern India, principally aimed at detecting and controlling rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease (RF/RHD) in children, also picks up individuals with congenital heart disease and other cardiovascular conditions, who are then referred for consultation and treatment. This strategy is clearly more ethical and cost-effective than screening programmes concerned exclusively with the control of RF/RHD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Thakur
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Negi
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Ahluwalia
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sharma
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015995:Prevalence; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012572:School Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*