Preventing multiple health risks and mental health problems in adolescents by preventive child healthcare: a reflection tool

Health risk behaviors, such as smoking, drug use, alcohol consumption, physical inactivity, and obesity, often accumulate during adolescence and are relatively persistent throughout the life course. Moreover, these can make youth vulnerable for developing consequent (mental) health problems. Community pediatric services (in the Netherlands...

Een uniform triageprotocol voor het signaleren van risicofactoren bij basisschoolkinderen door de jeugdgezondheidszorg [A uniform triage protocol to identify health risks in primary school children by Preventive Child Healthcare]

Introduction. A uniform triage protocol is developed for Preventive Child Healthcare (PCH) to improve the quality of detection of health problems in primary school children by PCH. The aim of this study is to investigate 1) the psychometric properties and 2) satisfaction of PCH professionals of this uniform triage protocol. Methods. We included...

The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire Parent Form: Dutch norms and validity

Objective: This study provides Dutch national norms for the parent-reported Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) for children aged 3-14 years, and assesses the test performance of the SDQ Total Difficulties Scale (TDS) and impairment Scale. We further compared Dutch SDQ norms with those of the United Kingdom (UK), to determine...