Healthy Kids Check: Lack of transparency and misplaced faith in the benefits of screening.

摘要

In May 201 I, the Australian Government announced an 'evidence-based mental health and wellbeing check' for 3- and 4-year-old children (Department of Health and Ageing (DoHA), 201 I b). This was part of a package of mental health reforms closely linked to the appointment of Australia's first Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, Mark Butler, in September 2010. The new health check will be incorporated into the existing Healthy Kids Check (HKC) for 4-year-olds (DoHA, 2010), which will be reconfigured to include 3-year-olds.