BMJ  2004;328 (14 February), doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7436.0

Practice based education increases delivery of preventive health care to children

Practice oriented education combined with better process methods improves rates of delivery of preventive care to children in primary care. Margolis and colleagues (p 388) conducted a randomised controlled trial among 44 private paediatric and family practices in North Carolina and found that, one year later, the practice based education group had a four times larger proportion of children receiving age appropriate immunisations and screening for anaemia, tuberculosis, and lead. The authors say that further studies should evaluate the costs and reliability of this intervention.

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