Preventive Services for Children and Adolescents

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Source: Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI). Preventive services for children and adolescents. Bloomington (MN): Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI); 2008 October. 71 p. Preventive Services for Children and Adolescents System support alert for preventive services. A Level I. Preventive services that providers and care systems must deliver (based on best evidence) (see Table 1). *Childhood immunization series. *Chlamydia screening (sexually active 25 and younger). *Neonatal screening. *Vision impairment screening (four years and younger). A Level III. *Alcohol use screening and counseling. *Blood lead screening. *Cervical cancer screening. *Clinical breast exam screening. *Dental and periodontal disease counseling. *Developmental/behavioral assessment screening. *Domestic violence and abuse screening and counseling. *Dyslipidemia screening. *Dysplasia of the hip screening. *Folic acid chemoprophylaxis counseling. Level II. Preventive services that providers and care systems should deliver (based on good evidence) (see Table 2). *Hearing screening. *Infant sleep positioning and SIDS counseling. *Motor vehicle safety screening and counseling. *Obesity screening. *Tobacco use screening, prevention and intervention in adolescents. A *Household and recreational injury prevention screening. *Infectious disease prevention counseling. *Iron deficiency screening. *Nutritional counseling. *Preconception counseling. *Pregnancy prevention counseling. *Scoliosis screening. *Secondhand smoke exposure counseling. *Sexually transmitted infection (other than chlamydia) counseling. *Sexually transmitted infection (other than chlamydia) screening. *Skin cancer screening and counseling. *Undescended testicle screening. A Level III. Preventive services for which the evidence is currently incomplete and/or high burden and low cost, therefore left to the judgment of individual medical groups, clinicians and their patients (see box #4a for list of topics). A Level IV. Preventive services that are not supported by evidence and not recommended. *Blood chemistry screening. *Child maltreatment screening. *Hemoglobin (for anemia screening five years and older). *Tuberculin skin screening (for average risk). *Urinalysis. A Care coordination *Reinforce healthy lifestyle. *Schedule follow-up visits. A A = Annotation All copyrights are reserved by the Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement, Inc.