Bright Futures Guidelines for Health Supervision of Infants, Children, and Adolescents Fourth Edition

Significantly revised and updated, this fourth edition provides recommendations for the most important areas of child development in one volume along with well-child supervision standards by visit. New themes in this edition include: Promoting Lifelong Health for Families and Communities; Promoting Health for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs; and Promoting the Healthy and Safe Use of Social Media.

This essential resource provides key background information and recommendations for themes critical to healthy child development along with well-child supervision standards for 31 age-based visits - from Newborn through 21 years. The result: better health care, more efficient visits, stronger partnerships with children and families, and better ability to keep up with changes in family, communities, and society that affect a child's health.