A novel triage approach of child preventive health assessment: An observational study of routine registry-data?

Background The coverage of preventive health assessments for children is pivotal to the system of preventive health screening. A novel method of triage was introduced in the Preventive Youth Health Care (PYHC) system in the Netherlands with an associated shift of tasks of professionals. Doctor’s assistants carried out pre-assessments to identify...

A three-year randomized controlled trial in 6 year old children on caries preventive strategies in a general dental practice in the Netherlands

A parallel-randomized controlled trial on caries-preventive strategies was conducted in a general dental practice with a mixed socioeconomic background patient population. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that, compared to regular care consisting of check-ups twice a year with professional fluoride applications and pit and...

Preventive support for children and parents after divorce or seperation: Examples of COPID-NL and Divorse Atlas in the Netherlands