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Healthy Care for Healthy Kids Toolkit


square iconDescription

This toolkit provides a variety of tools for primary care practice teams to deliver coordinated, integrated, and multidisciplinary services to both prevent obesity and improve care for children who are already overweight or at risk for being overweight.

This toolkit includes a section with parenting tips and patient education tools as well as the following sections for providers:

  • Prevention
  • Assessment and diagnosis
  • Management and treatment – Office
  • Management and treatment – Care partnership support
  • Community resources
  • Office culture
  • Cultural competency
  • Additional resources for providers

Users may also submit new tools.

Links to the Tool:
This tool is available at: http://www.nichq.org/NICHQ/Topics/PreventiveCare/Obesity/Tools/

Developer

National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality

Funding Sources

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts


QualityTool Topic

Prevention and Wellness


History

  • Release Date: 05/2007
  • Original Summary: 05/2007
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QualityTool Classification
Disease/Clinical Category: spacer Obesity
Patient Population: spacer Age > Child (6-12 years); Adolescent (13-18 years); Vulnerable Populations > Children
Stage of Care: spacer Preventive care; Primary care
Setting of Care: spacer Ambulatory Setting > Physician office (individual), Physician office (group practice); Home > Patient self-management
Patient Care Process: spacer Patient-Focused Processes/Psychosocial Care > Improving patient self-management; Patient education
IOM Domains of Quality: spacer Effectiveness; Patient-centeredness
QualityTool Format: spacer Toolkit
QualityTool Topic: spacer Prevention and Wellness
Developer: spacer National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality
Funding Sources: spacer Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts

 

Last updated: May 05, 2008.

 

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