Major criteria for assessing a screening programme43
| • Does the screening programme do more good than harm and at acceptable cost? |
| • Is the impairment sufficiently common to justify screening all children? |
| • Does the impairment cause significant disability or handicap? |
| • Is there agreement about what is meant as a case? |
| • Is there a screening test that accurately identifies children who may have an impairment? |
| • Is there an agreed and available effective intervention with which to treat the impairment or reduce the disability after identification? |
| • Is there an advantage in detecting and/or treating the impairment earlier, before it becomes clinically observable? |
| • Is the cost of screening justified by the net benefit? |