title: [Usefulness of the child health record].
abstract: A good use of the child health record requires the respect of the confidentiality without compromising its informativeness. The maintenance of the confidentiality must be the subject of specific measurements in very particular cases like the infection by the HIV. The experts must be conscious that the personal child health record remains a tool for bond between the various professionals of health, in particular for an optimal follow-up of the growth and psychomotor development of the child. A specific teaching concerning the good use of the health record is wished in the course of the studies of medicine.
authors.affiliation: Service de pédiatrie générale et d'urgences pédiatriques, hôpital de Bicêtre, 94270 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre. jean-paul.dommergues@bct.ap-hop-paris.fr
authors.forename: Jean-Paul
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Dommergues
authors.forename: Marion
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Decobert
mesh_terms: D002669:Child Welfare; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008499:Medical Records