Acceptability of screening young children for anaemia.
Although anaemia is common among young children and may be detrimental to health and development, few blood tests are done in this age group. We found that thumb-prick blood tests were not stressful to most young children and, despite the high mobility of the population, achieved an 81% uptake of screening for anaemia (273 out of 335 eligible children).
Goodhart
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Department of Paediatric Epidemiology, Institute of Child Health, London.
Logan
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D018798:Anemia, Iron-Deficiency / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D001800:Blood Specimen Collection / Q000523:psychology*; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D020458:Third-Party Consent