Clinical preventive guidelines for school-aged children and adolescents in primary care: a protocol for a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Guidelines for clinical preventive services targeting school-aged children and adolescents in primary care are limited, often inconsistent and difficult to apply in clinical contexts. This publication describes the protocol concerning a comprehensive systematic review that primarily aims to collect and synthesise available guidelines for prevention in primary care focused on school-aged children living in high-income regions. A second objective is to assess the quality of identified documents.

Methods and analysis

We will search for reports providing clinical practice guidelines or consensus or expert opinion on preventive actions in paediatric primary care. We will use the WHO definition of prevention. We will focus on children aged 6-18 years living in the Eur

SUBMITTER: Patseadou M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7733204 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature