[The preventive and health promotion services for infants, children and youth. What is problematic for clients of the CLSCs].
OBJECTIVE
This article presents the results of a survey on preventive and health promotion (PHP) services provided by Quebec CLSCs for infants, children and youth. Two dimensions of services are examined: the diversity of PHP issues addressed and the type of clientele targeted by the CLSC team.


METHODS
Questionnaire survey.


RESULTS
Although identified a priori as public health priorities, many PHP issues remain less often addressed by CLSCs. This is particularly the case for activities aimed at children and youth as compared to infants. In addition, the data show that CLSC teams are less inclined to target specific clienteles; when they do so, it is more often in the context of services for infants.


CONCLUSIONS
This study is important in that it constitutes one of the first efforts to systematically document PHP services for infants, children, and youth. In shedding new light on intervention sectors that need to be reinforced, these results should help managers and policymakers as they reflect on the role of PHP services in CLSCs within the context of health reform.
Richard
Lucie
L
Faculté des sciences infirmières, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec. Lucie.Richard@Umontreal.ca
D'Amour
Danielle
D
Labadie
Jean-François
JF
Brodeur
Jean-Marc
JM
Pineault
Raynald
R
Séguin
Louise
L
Latour
Robert
R
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