title: The importance of routine screening for strengths and risks in primary care of children and adolescents.
abstract: Providing a medical home for a child or adolescent and his or her family means establishing a longitudinal relationship between the primary care clinician (PCC) and the family. PCC's, by implementing routine screening and surveillance, have the opportunity at every encounter with the family to promote healthy development-motor, language, cognitive, and social-emotional.
authors.affiliation: Community Care of North Carolina, North Carolina Assuring Better Child Health and Development Project, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. mearls@n3cn.org
authors.forename: Marian F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Earls
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D041923:Adolescent Development; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007806:Language Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D019957:Motor Skills Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards