Bright Futures for Women’s Health
and Wellness (BFWHW) tools have been
developed by the U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services, Office of
Women's Health and can be accessed below.
You
can also read about the project's mission
and goals.
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HRSA Office of Women's Health is pleased to share the new HTML (Sec. 508 compliant) versions of the Bright Futures for Women's Health and Wellness Emotional Wellness Tools. Please see www.hrsa.gov/womenshealth and scroll down about halfway down the page. |
You can also access the following tools below:
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Maternal Wellness Tools |
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This booklet, provider's guide, and office poster are designed to encourage expectant mothers to gain new information and skills in anticipation of the birth of their child. The provider's guide stresses listening, anticipatory guidance and health education.
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| Physical Activity and Healthy Eating Tools |
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The Women's
Health/Bright Futures page of the HRSA
Web site provides downloads to tools on physical
activity and healthy eating; women's health
data books; and women's health reports.
FREE
copies of select Bright Futures Mental Health
and Wellness Tools are available in limited
quantities from the HRSA
Information Center at 1-888-ASK-HRSA. |
| Guides for Young and Adult Women
PDFs of these publications are available below (gateway to HRSA Web site):
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Guides for Rural Young and Adult Women |
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My Bright Future: Physical Activity and Healthy Eating. This Guide is designed to encourage adult women living in rural areas to increase current levels of physical activity, healthy eating, and communication with their health care providers to set goals for behavioral changes.
Bright Futures for Women's Health and Wellness Tip Sheets. As a companion to the online guide and adapted to meet the needs of women in rural areas, this set of 10 Tip Sheets expand on the topics in the Physical Activity and Healthy Eating guide (above) and provide practical information, ideas, and activities to help women adopt healthy behaviors to reach their goals |
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My Bright Future: Physical Activity and Healthy Eating for Young Women. This guide is designed to encourage young women living in rural areas to increase current levels of physical activity, healthy eating, and communication with their health care providers to set goals for behavioral changes.
As a companion to the online guide, Building Strong Bones for my Bright Future, a Bookmark with a healthy recipe to try, is available.
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Emotional
Wellness Tools |
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BFWHW
tools are designed to encourage better health
among women across their lifespan. Target audiences
include adolescent females and adult women,
as well as community groups and primary care
clinicians who serve women.
BFWHW
tools address the connection between mental
and physical health among consumers, community
leaders, and primary health care providers.
The tools are wellness-focused, gender-specific,
evidence-based and easy to read and understand.
The
tools focus on three main concepts: Appreciating
Self, Finding Balance and Purpose in Life,
and Connecting with Others.
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for Clinicians |
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Health Care Provider's Guide to Promoting
Women's Emotional Wellness targets
primary care clinicians who serve women.
The guide addresses the connection between
mental and physical health among women,
providing an overview of current research
and conversation starters to use in the
exam room. The
tool builds on companion guides for consumers
which focus on three main concepts: Appreciating
Self, Finding Balance and Purpose in
Life, and Connecting with Others. All
BFWHW tools are wellness-focused, gender-specific,
evidence-based and easy to read and understand. |
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This one-page
flyer is a companion resource
to the guide, A Health Care Provider's
Guide to Promoting Women's Emotional Wellness.
The flyer is designed for use in exam and
waiting rooms to support patient-provider
dialogue about emotional wellness. Both
the clinical guide and the flyer build
on companion guides for consumers which
focus on three main concepts: Appreciating
Self, Finding Balance and Purpose in Life,
and Connecting with Others. All BFWHW tools
are wellness-focused, gender-specific,
evidence-based and easy to read and understand. |
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for Communities |
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A
Community Organization’s Guide
to Promoting Emotional Wellness targets
community groups that serve women. This
guide contains information for community
organizations about emotional wellness,
as well as tips and ideas on how to incorporate
wellness themes into existing programs
and activities. The
tool builds on companion guides for consumers
which focus on three main concepts: Appreciating
Self, Finding Balance and Purpose in
Life, and Connecting with Others. All
BFWHW tools are wellness-focused, gender-specific,
evidence-based and easy to read and understand. |
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Información en Español (Materials In Spanish) |
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New Materials
Cuidando a la Madre Cuídese, Igual como Cuida a su Bebé |
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Mi Futuro Será Brillante: Actividad Física y Alimentación Saludable -- Para Mujeres Adultas. Este folleto le ayudará a aprender más sobre la importancia de la actividad física y la alimentación saludable en su vida diara. También le ayudará a saber cómo hablar de estos temas con sus médicos y otros profesionales de la salud.
Mi Future Brillante: Actividad Física Y Cómo Alimentarme Sanamente -- Para Mujeres Jóvenes
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Mi Futuro Será Brillante: Tipsheets
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