Quality of care in public health well child clinics: a neglected issue.
The process of well child care in public health clinics was evaluated using a peer review approach based on explicit criteria formulated by the peers themselves. The criteria defined what should be done in order to ensure good preventive care during a client-provider encounter. The data from this study suggest that the traditional goals of public health are being pursued, but that a broader spectrum of preventive care, including attention to the child's psychosocial development, is still lacking.
D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000592:standards*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003151:Community Health Centers / Q000592:standards*; D003625:Data Collection; D006801:Humans; D008499:Medical Records / Q000592:standards; D008722:Methods; D011635:Public Health Administration / Q000592:standards*; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D011792:Quebec