An innovative postnatal risk assessment and corresponding care pathways in Preventive Child Healthcare.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of an innovative postnatal risk assessment (the postnatal Rotterdam Reproductive Risk Reduction checklist: R4U) and corresponding care pathways in Preventive Child Healthcare (PCHC), along with PCHC professional satisfaction.

Design

Four PCHC organizations located in three municipalities with a higher adverse perinatal outcome than the national average were selected for participation. The study concerns a historically controlled study design.

Methods

The study enrolled participants from September 2016 until December 2017. The historical cohort existed of children born in previous years from 2008 until 2016. The outcome measure was defined as catch-up growth: more than 0.67 standard deviation score weight for height in

SUBMITTER: Van Minde MRC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9293120 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature