Australian Primary Health Care guidelines for childhood growth, health, and development in the early years: A scoping review

IF 2.6 3区医学 Q2 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health Pub Date : 2025-06-01 DOI:10.1016/j.anzjph.2025.100248

Dimity Dutch , Lucinda Bell , Sarah C. Hunter , Brittany J. Johnson , Elizabeth Denney-Wilson , Rebecca K. Golley

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Abstract

Objective

The aim of this study was to identify and synthesise recommendations for growth monitoring, health behaviour screening, and health promotion advice within current Australian documents that guide Primary Health Care practitioners to support childhood growth, health, and development in the early years.

Methods

Documents were identified using Google Advanced Search and targeted website searching. An iterative inductive and deductive content analysis was conducted and contextualised using the 5W (who, what, when, where, why) + 1H (how) framework.

Results

All included documents (n = 18) recommended growth monitoring. Recommendations to screen and promote child health behaviours (diet, physical activity, sedentary behaviour, or sleep) were fragmented and provided limited guidance on how to screen and promote child health behaviours in practice.

Conclusions

Documents recognised the importance of screening and promoting child health behaviours in Primary Health Care; however, comprehensive recommendations were limited. Practical tools and resources are needed to enable Primary Health Care practitioners to conduct effective and appropriate screening and health promotion and across all four health behaviour domains.

Implications for Public Health

There is opportunity for guidelines to recommend and integrate health behaviour screening tools into routine PHC practice to better support children’s growth, health, and development in the early years.

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澳大利亚儿童生长、健康和早期发育初级卫生保健指南：范围审查

本研究的目的是确定和综合澳大利亚现行文件中关于生长监测、健康行为筛查和健康促进建议的建议，这些建议指导初级卫生保健从业人员在早期支持儿童生长、健康和发展。方法采用谷歌高级检索和针对性网站检索对文献进行识别。使用5W（谁，什么，何时，何地，为什么）+ 1H（如何）框架进行了迭代归纳和演绎内容分析并进行了背景化。结果所有纳入的文献（n = 18）均推荐生长监测。筛查和促进儿童健康行为（饮食、身体活动、久坐行为或睡眠）的建议支离破碎，对如何在实践中筛查和促进儿童健康行为提供了有限的指导。文献认识到在初级卫生保健中筛查和促进儿童健康行为的重要性；然而，全面的建议是有限的。需要实用的工具和资源，使初级保健从业人员能够在所有四个健康行为领域进行有效和适当的筛查和健康促进。对公共卫生的影响有机会制定指南，推荐健康行为筛查工具并将其纳入初级保健的常规实践，以更好地支持儿童早期的生长、健康和发育。

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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 医学-公共卫生、环境卫生与职业卫生

CiteScore

4.20

自引率

5.70%

发文量

121

审稿时长

6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health (ANZJPH) is concerned with public health issues. The research reported includes formal epidemiological inquiries into the correlates and causes of diseases and health-related behaviour, analyses of public policy affecting health and disease, and detailed studies of the cultures and social structures within which health and illness exist. The Journal is multidisciplinary and aims to publish methodologically sound research from any of the academic disciplines that constitute public health.