{"id":5663,"date":"2026-02-24T00:31:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T00:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/soymilkyweb.com\/metrosalud\/?page_id=5663"},"modified":"2026-03-17T15:57:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T15:57:30","slug":"infancia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/metrosalud.org\/en\/infancia\/","title":{"rendered":"Childhood"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Childhood, encompassing ages 6 to 11 years (plus 11 months and 29 days), is a crucial stage in the holistic development of children. During this period, they remain highly sensitive individuals requiring close health support, given their rapid physical, emotional, and social growth, as well as the vulnerabilities inherent in this stage of their lives.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe objectives for the comprehensive assessment of this life course are:\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBelow, we present the early detection and specific protection activities to which this population is entitled at ESE Metrosalud: \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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    Comprehensive assessment procedures and consultations <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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    • \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHealth care by general practitioner or specialist in pediatrics or family medicine (At 6, 8 and 10 years of age). <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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      Early detection procedures and consultations <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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        Procedures and consultations for specific protection <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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          0 – 5 a\u00f1os La infancia, comprendida entre los 6 y los 11 a\u00f1os\u00a0(m\u00e1s\u00a011 meses y 29 d\u00edas),\u00a0es una etapa fundamental en el desarrollo integral de las ni\u00f1as y los\u00a0ni\u00f1os. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4823,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"full-width-container","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5663","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/metrosalud.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/metrosalud.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/metrosalud.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metrosalud.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metrosalud.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5663"}],"version-history":[{"count":77,"href":"https:\/\/metrosalud.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9520,"href":"https:\/\/metrosalud.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5663\/revisions\/9520"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metrosalud.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/metrosalud.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}