Take advantage of early detection examinations for children and adolescents

In Baden-Württemberg, you as the legal guardian are obliged to have your child medically examined ten times.

U1: directly after the birth

U2: 3rd to 10th day of life

U3: 4th to 5th week of life

U4: 3rd to 4th month of life

U5: 6th to 7th month of life

U6: at 1 year (10th to 12th month of life)

U7: at 2 years (21st to 24th month of life)

U7a: at 3 years (34 to 36 months of age)

U8: at 4 years (46th to 48th month of life)

U9: at 5 years (60th to 64th month of life)

The obligation to attend the examinations applies regardless of how parents and child are insured. It is regulated in the Baden-Württemberg Child Protection Act.

The aim of the examinations is the early detection of illnesses, developmental disorders and disabilities that jeopardise the normal physical, emotional or mental development of the child. Therapies or support can thus be initiated in good time. You are also entitled to an adolescent health check-up (J1).

The adolescent health check-up (J1) also covers topics such as puberty, sexuality, contraception, school development and health-endangering behaviour (alcohol, smoking, drugs). The examination offers young people the opportunity to have questions on health and psychosocial issues answered, often for the first time without their parents being present.