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Role of family physician in detection of risk factors affecting early childhood development /

Gerges Zekry Mekhael Beniameen

Role of family physician in detection of risk factors affecting early childhood development / دور طبيب الاسرة فى التعرف على عوامل الخطورة المؤثرة على تطور الطفل فى المراحل الاولى من العمر Gerges Zekry Mekhael Beniameen ; Supervised Laila Mahmoud Kamel , Omaima Kamel Elsalamony , Marwa Mostafa Saeed - Cairo : Gerges Zekry Mekhael Beniameen , 2011 - 80 P. : charts ; 25cm

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Family Medicine

As a proportion of the total population, the pediatric population has been increasing over the decades. Being family physicians we have intimate knoweldge of patient's medical, functional, and social problems. Thus, we are in a unique position to assist the child and detect the risk factors that affecting early childhood development. One of the main roles of family physician is preventive medicine and identification of risk factors as well as early detection of the diseases and this approach will minimize the cost of medical services to a great extend



Assessment of child development Child growth and development Factors affecting child development