Abstract
This essential resource provides key background information and recommendations for themes critical to healthy child development along with well-child supervision standards for 31 age-based visits--from Newborn through 21 Years. The result: better health care, more efficient visits, stronger partnerships with children and families, and better ability to keep up with changes in family, communities, and society that affect a child's health. Available for purchase at https://shop.aap.org/bright-futures-guidelines-for-health-supervision-of-infants-children-and-adolescents-4th-edition/
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- 2017
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- 10.1542/9781610020237