Are well-child checkups really effective? Challenges for evidence-based clinical practice. Optimizing the child health program

The aim of the Child Health Program is to issue recommendations on preventive activities to be carried out in the Spanish pediatric and adolescent population, based on the best available evidence and morbidity trends and the resources of the health care system in Spain. Its overarching goal is to improve the overall health of children across all stages of development. Routine health checkup visits in healthy children improve the early detection of physical and psychosocial health risks and promote better health and well-being throughout childhood and adolescence. Their impact on reducing severe disease, morbidity, and mortality is limited and depends on care quality and individualization.