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Check-Ups

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Check-up visits are important because they allow your health care provider to review your child's growth and development, perform tests, or give shots. They also enable parents to ask questions and explore concerns. *

American Academy of Pediatrics.
Recommendations for Preventive Pediatric health Care. 2000.
www.aap.org/policy/re9939.html

Bright Futures.
Family Encounter Forms.
www.brightfutures.org/encounter/family/about.htm

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
The Pocket Guide to Good Health for Children.
www.ahrq.gov/ppip/childguide/


*Fact Box Reference

US DHHS. Agency for Health Care Research and Quality.
The Pocket Guide to Good Health for Children.
Accessed on the web at www.ahrq.gov/ppip/childguide/