Preventive Activities Evaluation in Aragonese Pediatric Population

Abstract

Bcrckgrourd: We have shown the coverage of periodic health examinations made in children aged between 0 and 14 years old in Aragón during 1991, comparing whith results obtained at national level and rcsults obtained during 1990. Methods: A descriptive transversa¡ study was developed by reviewing clinic records of 9 primq health ccnters selected by sistematic sampling. Sampling consisted on 436 histories. Results: Main results were: age of Child in the first visit: 83,5% below 1 month; metabolic disease screening: no data on 31,8%; DTP-polio: no data on 20,9%; triple viric: no data on 24,3%. Conclusions: Obtained data showed better resuits than those at national level. We should improve the metabolic diseases screening and vacunations recording sistem.