title: Getting it right from birth to kindergarten: what's new in the Rourke Baby Record?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To provide an overview of the 2011 edition of the Rourke Baby Record (RBR), which includes developments on its website and new related initiatives that incorporate recent literature on preventive health care for children aged 0 to 5 years.
  
  
  METHODS
  As in past RBR editions, recommendations are identified as supported by good, fair, or consensus evidence, according to the classifications adopted by the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care in 2011.
  
  
  RESULTS
  New information and recommendations are given for growth monitoring, nutrition, physical examination maneuvers, and immunizations for varicella, pneumococcus, meningococcus, and rotavirus. There is now good evidence for converting to the World Health Organization growth charts adapted for Canada, universal newborn hearing screening, and use of immunization pain reduction strategies. Anticipatory guidance has been updated for safe sleeping, health supervision of foster children, fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, lead and anemia screening risk factors, and dental care and oral health. New RBR website items include a parent resources section, modifications for unique populations such as those living in Nunavut, a version of the RBR that highlights what has changed from the 2009 version for quick viewing, and an expansion of the "Explore the RBR" feature with associated links to relevant information. A one-visit-per-page format is now available. The 2011 RBR is endorsed by the College of Family Physicians of Canada and the Canadian Paediatric Society, and is available in English and French in national and Ontario versions.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The 2011 RBR is an updated, evidence-based, practical knowledge translation tool for preventive health care for infants from birth to age 5 years that includes extensive Web-based resources for health care professionals, students, residents, and parents.
authors.affiliation: Discipline of Family Medicine, Health Sciences Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John's, NL A1B 3V6. lrourke@mun.ca
authors.forename: Leslie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rourke
authors.forename: Denis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Leduc
authors.forename: Evelyn
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Constantin
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Carsley
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rourke
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D004032:Diet; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D057238:Growth Charts; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization; D007223:Infant; D020407:Internet; D010808:Physical Examination; D011322:Primary Prevention; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control