In the Simon Fraser Health Region in BC we are looking at updating the
Nursing Priority Screening tool usually completed on the first Newborn home
visit by public health nurses (sometimes in hospital).  This tool was
developed in BC by Helen Parkyn in 1986 with the purpose of identifying
children with risk factors for poor development due to physical factors or
poor parenting potential factors.  It is sometimes called the Parkyn tool.
Five other provinces in Canada use an adapted version of this tool but it is
not changed very much.  Ontario will actually be evaluating their version of
the tool.
I am wondering if anyone is familiar with any other valid tools for
identifying high risk newborns or families to assist in determining
follow-up and prevention in developmental delay.  I have done a lit. search
and have come up with one developed in Dunedin (child abuse potential), one
in Rhode Island and one by Catherine Ayoub but none of these appear to be
any better or more valid.  However, more work may have been done on the
latter 2 that I have not been able to track in the literature.
We would also like to make our tool parent-participatory.
Any suggestions or knowledge about such a tool out there?
Thanks in advance.
Marian Tomm Pastore
Health Planning Coordinator,
Simon Fraser Health Region
#300 - 4946 Canada Way
Burnaby, BC, Canada
V5G 4H7
604-918-7607
Fax 604-918-7630
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