A Preliminary Trial of an Early Surveillance Program for Autism and Developmental Delays within General Practices.
There are inequities in engagement with established early childhood developmental surveillance programs, eclipsing disadvantaged families. The current study sought to address this by dovetailing developmental surveillance with immunization visits and other opportunistic contacts with children at gen...
| Published in: | Journal of Developmental & Physical Disabilities Vol. 37; no. 2; pp. 279 - 290 |
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Springer Nature
Apr2025
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