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This could result in a decrease in child morbidity and mortality.\n\nAim:\u00a0The study was aimed at assessing the completeness of the RTHB of children younger than 5 years.\n\nSetting:\u00a0Temba Community Health Centre (CHC), Tshwane District, South Africa.\n\nMethods:\u00a0A cross-sectional study was conducted using a data collection sheet adopted from previous studies.\n\nResults:\u00a0Children less than 1-year-old accounted for 70.2% of the 255 RTHBs. The mean \u00b1 s.d. age was 11.5 \u00b110.76 months. The study finding showed no section was 100% fully completed. Of the 255 records studied, 38 (14.9%) human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-exposed babies were recorded at birth, 39.5% were negative at 6 weeks and 60.5% were not recorded. Ninety-one (35.7%) children were unexposed. The HIV status of 126 (49.4%) children was not recorded. Sixty-six per cent (66%) of recorded maternal syphilis was negative. Immunisations, weight-for-age, neonatal information, and details of the family and child were fully completed in 80% of the booklets. Developmental screening was 17.2% completed, and oral health was 1.6% partially completed. The overall completeness was 40.3%.\n\nConclusion:\u00a0The completeness of RTHBs was found to be suboptimal.\n\nContribution:\u00a0The present study\u2019s findings should serve as a reminder that healthcare practitioners must complete RTHBs in their totality in order to improve continuity and care quality, as the results indicated that RTHB completion was below ideal.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.4102\/phcfm.v16i1.4654","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,12,19]],"date-time":"2024-12-19T19:50:16Z","timestamp":1734637816000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4102\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["An audit of completeness of Road to Health Booklet at a community health centre in South Africa"],"prefix":"10.4102","volume":"16","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0009-5863-2282","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Pfunzo","family":"Machimana","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/003hsr719","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2801-6501","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Suzan L.N.","family":"Nyalunga","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/003hsr719","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8085-2443","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Edith N.","family":"Madela-Mntla","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/00g0p6g84","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"University of Pretoria"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3257-0329","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Doudou K.","family":"Nzaumvila","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/003hsr719","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"2580","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,12,18]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref0","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Kosowan L, Page J, Protudjer J, Williamson T, Queenan J, Singer A. 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