title: Acceptability of screening young children for anaemia.
abstract: 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).
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Epidemiology, Institute of Child Health, London.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Goodhart
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Logan
mesh_terms: 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