Care for Children and Evidence-based Medicine
2008; Elsevier BV; Volume: 37; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.3928/00904481-20080301-13
ISSN1938-2359
Autores Tópico(s)Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
Resumo<P>Primary care for children is at a crossroads. On the one hand, we had made considerable advances in the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases and chronic disease in the 20th century. Now, however, primary care focuses increasingly on the optimization of children’s health in a manner far broader than the disease model. This transformation, for better or worse, strains the conventional approaches to evidence-based healthcare.</P> <H4>ABOUT THE AUTHORS</H4> <P>Robert D. Sege, MD, PhD; is Professor of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine, and Chief, Division of Ambulatory Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts. Edward De Vos, EdD, is Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine, and Director of Program Evaluation, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center.</P> <P>Address correspondence to: Robert D. Sege, MD, PhD, Yawkey Ambulatory Care Center 5N-11, One Boston Medical Center Place, Boston, MA 02118; or e-mail <a href="mailto:rsege@bu.edu">rsege@bu.edu</a>.</P> <P>Dr. Sege and Dr. De Vos have disclosed no relevant financial relationships.</P> <P>The authors would like to acknowledge the able assistance of Danya Fortess in the preparation of this manuscript. </P> <P>This paper is a product of the Evidence for Child Health Promotion Project (R. Sege, PI), which was funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Commonwealth Fund, and Nemours Health and Prevention Services. Portions of this paper were presented at an invitational meeting in Rockville, Maryland in March 2007, which included members of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American Academy of Family Physicians. For information concerning the project, including other contributed papers, please contact Robert Sege, MD, PhD, Yawkey Ambulatory Care Center 5N-11, One Boston Medical Center Place, Boston, MA 02118; or e-mail <a href="mailto:rsege@bu.edu">rsege@bu.edu</a>.</P>
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