Abstract
This study evaluates appointment behavior for first well-child visits for first-born children and identifies factors that target infants at increased likelihood for missing their first pediatric appointment. Timely appointments were not scheduled for 10.3% of newborns; 20.1% of those scheduling did not keep the first appointment. Younger, less educated mothers who did not remember when they had learned about well-baby care, and mothers of infants in the newborn intensive care unit were unlikely to schedule the appointment; young mothers learning about well care from friends or relatives and who chose a pediatrician without a previous prenatal visit were more likely to miss the child's first appointment. Prenatal pediatric visits as well as prenatal classes and written materials may improve compliance with the first well-child appointment.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 563-569 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Clinical Pediatrics |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| State | Published - Nov 1996 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Continuity of care between obstetrical and pediatric preventive care : Indicators of nonattendance at the first well-child appointment. / Grossman, Lindsey K.; Humbert, Aloysius; Powell, Michelle.
In: Clinical Pediatrics, Vol. 35, No. 11, 11.1996, p. 563-569.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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AB - This study evaluates appointment behavior for first well-child visits for first-born children and identifies factors that target infants at increased likelihood for missing their first pediatric appointment. Timely appointments were not scheduled for 10.3% of newborns; 20.1% of those scheduling did not keep the first appointment. Younger, less educated mothers who did not remember when they had learned about well-baby care, and mothers of infants in the newborn intensive care unit were unlikely to schedule the appointment; young mothers learning about well care from friends or relatives and who chose a pediatrician without a previous prenatal visit were more likely to miss the child's first appointment. Prenatal pediatric visits as well as prenatal classes and written materials may improve compliance with the first well-child appointment.
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