Evidence-based practice in well-child care.

ABSTRACT: Evidence-based practice (EBP) significantly improves the quality of healthcare, but its use in community pediatrics has not yet been proven. We aimed to assess how Dutch community pediatricians use scientific findings and apply evidence-based practice in everyday well-child care. We interviewed a purposive sample of 14 community pediatricians in the Netherlands regarding their professional activities in daily practice, focusing on instances in which their professional knowledge was insufficient to address the issue at hand. We transcribed the interviews verbatim, and coded them using ATLAS.ti software. We structured the information using template analysis. Community pediatricians relied largely on guidelines of their own profession. If these were not sufficient, they first consulted other

SUBMITTER: De Schipper JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9649461 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature