It has sometimes changed in appearance, a little in thickness, often internally, but never in nature. Because its authors, over time, have tried to adapt it to the times, the new version of the health record, released Wednesday 1is January, offers insights into previously unintegrated societal issues.
Issued by the General Directorate of Health using new recommendations issued by a group of pediatricians under the aegis of the High Council for Public Health, it updates the advice provided in the previous version, which dated from 2018 and had inaugurated new vaccination obligations and curves for monitoring growth. « It has become a real book on children's medicineestimates pediatrician François-Marie Caron. The examples given are much more reliable than what you find on the Internet. »
One of the new features concerns the screens. While, according to the Elfe survey (for “French longitudinal study since childhood”) carried out by the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies in 2022, more than one child in three begins to use them between the age of 2 and 5 and a half years, the idea is “to advise the doctor to address this issue with the parents”explains Fabienne Kochert, secretary general of the National Professional Pediatric Council (CNPP). Prevention pages recommend not leaving a child under 3 years old in a room with a tablet, television or telephone, at the risk of creating problems with their sleep, their eyesight, and reducing their physical activity.
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