Evidence-based infant/child health maintenance guide
1. How can I obtain the Rourke Baby Record?
The Rourke Baby Record is available for printing on this website as well as from the College of Family Physicians of Canada and Canadian Paediatric Society websites (current links):
http://www.cfpc.ca/English/cfpc/programs/patient%20care/rourke%20baby
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http://www.cfpc.ca/French/cfpc/programs/patient%20care/rourke%20baby
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http://www.cps.ca/English/statements/CP/Rourke/RourkeBabyRecord.htm
http://www.cps.ca/Francais/enonces/CP/Rourke.htm
The Ontario version of the 2009 RBR and supporting information and resources around the enhanced 18 month well baby visit is found at ( www.machealth.ca/programs/18-month and/or www.18monthvisit.ca )
2. Has the Rourke Baby Record been validated?
Research on the use of, satisfaction with and criterion validity of the Rourke Baby Record occurred in 2005-2006 with results published as follows:
Rourke L, Godwin M, Rourke J, Pearce S, Bean J. The Rourke Baby Record Infant/Child Maintenance Guide: do doctors use it, do they find it useful, and does using it improve their well-baby visit records? BMC Family Practice 2009, 10:28 doi:10.1186/1471-2296-10-28 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2296/10/28
3. How do I use the Rourke Baby Record?
The Rourke Baby Record can be used in several ways:
This website will provide you with the opportunity to explore the tool set as well as review the current medical evidence and the literature review to support the recommendations.
4. Is the Rourke Baby Record available in electronic medical record (EMR) format?
There are plans for the Rourke Baby Record to be available in EMR in the near future.
5. Is the Rourke Baby Record available in French?
The national and Ontario versions of the 2009 Rourke Baby Record are available in French.
6. Are there other versions of the Rourke Baby Record?
In addition to this website the Ontario version of the Rourke Baby Record is available on the CFPC, CPS, and OCFP websites and a dedicated website for the enhanced 18 month well baby visit (www.machealth.ca/programs/18-month and/or www.18monthvisit.ca).