P098 The Canadian Task Force On Preventive Health Care: Process For Critical Appraisal Of Externally-Produced Guidelines

Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care

Overview The topic, children of alcoholics (COA), has not been previously addressed by the Canadian Task Force on the Periodic Health Examination. However, related topics, such as fetal alcohol syndrome and problem drinking, have been covered elsewhere in this book. The focus of this report is children aged 0 to 18 years, who live with an alcoholic, or alcohol-abusing parent. Clinical and resea...

Practice guidelines for preventive care: the Canadian experience. Canadian Task Force on the Periodic Health Examination.

The work of the Canadian Task Force on the Periodic Health Examination is described in the historical context of its creation and of its evolution. The initial mandate of the task force is presented and the methodology it created to examine scientific information and formulate practice recommendations is reviewed. The complexity of the implementation of practice guidelines in preventive care is...

Obituary: the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care.

Process for guideline development by the reconstituted Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care.

Preventive care for the elderly. Do family physicians comply with recommendations of the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care?

OBJECTIVE To assess to what extent family physicians perform the maneuvers for elderly patients recommended by the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care (CTF), and to compare physicians' performance among patients who had structured periodic health examinations with performance among those who did not. DESIGN Retrospective chart audit. SETTING Family practice unit in a secondary car...