Overview
Module
3 focuses on essential pediatric health
screenings and risk assessments:
Vision
Hearing
Blood Pressure
Nutrition
Development and Behavior
The module discusses recommended guidelines, periodicity, and age-appropriate methods for screening and risk assessment. Risk is determined by history, interview, observation, physical examination, and objective testing when indicated.
Screening for lead, anemia, and other conditions is addressed in Module 4, Screening with Laboratory Tests.
Guiding Questions
Users who complete the Screening and Risk Assessment module should be able to answer the following questions:
- What are the recommended procedures and timing for assessing and testing vision?
- How are risk assessments and hearing screenings performed in infants, children, and adolescents?
- When does blood pressure screening begin? How is it measured and recorded?
- When and how are a child's nutritional status and risk assessed?
- What are
the core components of developmental surveillance throughout
well-child visits?
| Getting the Most from this Module: |
The following are examples of the practical resources in this module for providers who perform pediatric health screenings and assessments:
Look
for |
family-focused
and 
culturally-
and linguistically-competent materials in some sections
of the module.
