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Breakey G. n.d.. Facilitation of Primary Care Physician Participation in Preventive Health Care of Children Age 0-5 from Underserved, Diverse Cultural Populations: [Final report]. Honolulu, HI: Hawaii Family Stress Center, 30 pp.

Annotation: This project aimed to reduce the incidence of poor health characteristics among low-income, culturally diverse populations by promoting the involvement of primary care physicians (pediatricians) in early screening and intervention. Project goals included increasing the level of preventive health care for underserved children, reducing the severity of psychosocial problems, increasing physicians' sense of involvement as part of a team in providing services to project children and their families, and demonstrating a practical process for accomplishing these goals which can be replicated across the nation. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: American Academy of Pediatrics, Child Abuse and Neglect Preventive, Continuing Education, Developmentally Delayed/Disabled, EPSDT, Hawaiians, Health Care, Health Supervision Guidelines, High risk children, Low income groups, Medicaid, Primary Care, Psychological Problems, Well Child Care

American Academy of Pediatrics. n.d.. Mom! Dad! Ask the doctor about my emotional development, too!. Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics, 12 items.

Annotation: These advertising materials promote the importance of mental health as part of a health supervision visit. They are designed to be displayed on a bulletin board or used as a table top display in a pediatric practice. One version focuses on young children and the other on teenagers. Both versions are available in English and Spanish. Other versions are provided for use on Facebook pages or in parent newsletters.

Keywords: Child mental health, Emotional development, Health supervision, Pediatric care, Public awareness materials, Social interaction

American Academy of Pediatrics. n.d.. Tips to promote social-emotional health among young children. Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics, 4 pp.

Bright Futures/American Academy of Pediatrics. 2025. Recommendations for preventive pediatric health care. Itasca, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics, 2 pp.

Annotation: This paper provides recommendations for health professionals that represent a consensus by the American Academy of Pediatrics and Bright Futures about the periodicity of health services for infants, children, and adolescents. The recommendations emphasize the importance of continuity of care in comprehensive health supervision, including oral health supervision, and the need to avoid fragmentation of care.

Keywords: Adolescents, Children, Comprehensive health care, Health supervision, Infants, Oral health, Pediatric care, Preventive health services, Young adults

Family Voices; American Academy of Pediatrics, Bright Futures. 2022. Bright Futures family pocket guide: Raising healthy infants, children, and adolescents (3rd ed.). Boston, MA: Family Voices,

Annotation: This pocket guide is developed for families by families, in partnership with the American Academy of Pediatrics based on Bright Futures: Guidelines for the Health Supervision of Infants, Children, and Adolescents (3rd ed.). The guide provides information and encouragement for the roles families play every day in the health and well-being of their children; the importance of well child visits for all children, including children and youth with special health care needs; encouragement to speak up and to take active roles in their children’s care; encouragement to form partnerships with other families and with professionals to improve policies, care, services, and support for all children and families; an overall framework for children’s good health and insight into all those who contribute to it; current, comprehensive, succinct information about child development; and links to resources and further sources of information for children’s good health. The pocket guide is available in English and Spanish. A 10-page guide on using the pocket guide is also available. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Adolescents, Children, Consumer education materials, Guidelines, Health supervision, Infants, Spanish language materials

Schmidt A, McManus P. 2020. Summary of factors influencing well-care performance in top-performing state Medicaid programs. Washington, DC: National Alliance to Advance Adolescent Health; San Francisco, CA: Adolescent and Young Adult National Resource Center, 13 pp.

American Academy of Pediatrics. 2020. Healthy development and well-child support chart. Itasca, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics, 43 pp.

Annotation: This reference chart offers practice-friendly tools to support the pediatric well-child visit. It is designed to be consistent with Bright Futures: Guidelines for Health Supervision of Infants, Children, and Adolescents, 4th edition,

Keywords: Child health, Health supervision

Hagan JF Jr. 2019. Making Bright Futures work: How evidence, the periodicity schedule, and the Bright Futures guidelines impact practice. Itasca, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics, 1 video (58 min.).

Annotation: This webinar reviews new clinical content in the Bright Futures Guidelines and the associated Periodicity Schedule, and discusses how to use evidence to decide on content for your practice's health supervision visits and how to identify strategies, tools, and resources to maximize efficiency for health promotion and preventive services.

Keywords: Adolescent development, Adolescent health, Anticipatory guidance, Child development, Child health, Communities, Disease prevention, Emotional development, Evidence based medicine, Families, Guidelines, Health promotion, Health screening, Health supervision, Infant development, Infant health, Injury prevention, Mental health, Nutrition, Oral health, Pediatric care, Perinatal health, Physical activity, Preventive health services, Protective factors, Psychosocial development, Safety, Sexual health, Standards, Videos, Weight management

Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs. 2018. Bright Futures: An essential resource for advancing the Title V national performance measures. Washington, DC: Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs, 10 pp.

American Academy of Pediatrics. 2018. Bright Futures tool and resource kit (2nd ed.). Itasca, IL: Amercan Academy of Pediatrics,

Annotation: This companion to the most current edition of the Bright Futures Guidelines for Health Supervision of Infants, Children and Adolescents, the national standard for well-child care provides updated forms and materials relate to preventive health supervision and health screening for infants, children, and adolescents. These include pre-visit questionnaires, visit documentation forms, parent and patient handouts, supplemental education handouts, and medical screening reference tables.

Keywords: Adolescent development, Adolescent health, Anticipatory guidance, Child development, Child health, Communities, Disease prevention, Emotional development, Families, Guidelines, Health promotion, Health screening, Health supervision, Infant development, Infant health, Injury prevention, Mental health, Nutrition, Oral health, Pediatric care, Perinatal health, Physical activity, Preventive health services, Professional resources, Protective factors, Psychosocial development, Safety, Sexual health, Standards, Weight management

Garcia S, Yarborough C, Pelaez D, Strobino D, Minkovitz C. 2018. Strengthen the evidence for maternal and child health programs: National performance measure 10 adolescent well visit evidence review. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Women's and Children's Health Policy Center, 37 pp. (brief 4 pp.).

Annotation: This evidence review looks at interventions designed to increase the percentage of adolescents, ages 12 through 17, who received a preventive medical visit in the past year. Contents include an introduction and background; review methods and results, including search results, characteristics of studies reviewed, intervention components, summary of study results, and evidence rating and evidence continuum; and implications of the review. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Adolescents, Block grants, Evidence-based practice, Health supervision, Literature reviews, Measures, Model programs, Policy development, Program planning, Resources for professionals, State MCH programs, Title V programs, Well child care

Hagan JF, Shaw JS, Duncan PM, eds. 2017. Bright Futures: Guidelines for health supervision of infants, children, and adolescents–Pocket guide (4th ed.). Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics, 123 pp.

Annotation: These guidelines provide background information and recommendations for promoting the healthy development of infants, children, and adolescents from birth to age 21, as well as standards for health supervision visits. Topics include lifelong health for families and communities, family support, health for children and adolescents with special health care needs, development, mental health, weight, nutrition, physical activity, oral health, use of social media, and safety and injury prevention. A companion pocket guide is also available. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Adolescent development, Adolescent health, Anticipatory guidance, Child development, Child health, Communities, Disease prevention, Emotional development, Families, Guidelines, Health promotion, Health screening, Health supervision, Infant development, Infant health, Injury prevention, Mental health, Nutrition, Oral health, Pediatric care, Perinatal health, Physical activity, Preventive health services, Protective factors, Psychosocial development, Safety, Sexual health, Standards, Weight management

Hagan JF, Shaw JS, Duncan PM, eds. 2017. Bright Futures: Guidelines for health supervision of infants, children and adolescents (4th ed.). Itasca, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics,

Annotation: These guidelines provide background information and recommendations for promoting the healthy development of infants, children, and adolescents from birth to age 21, as well as standards for health supervision visits. Topics include lifelong health for families and communities, family support, health for children and adolescents with special health care needs, development, mental health, weight, nutrition, physical activity, oral health, use of social media, and safety and injury prevention. A companion pocket guide is also available. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Adolescent development, Adolescent health, Anticipatory guidance, Child development, Child health, Communities, Disease prevention, Emotional development, Families, Guidelines, Health promotion, Health screening, Health supervision, Infant development, Infant health, Injury prevention, Mental health, Nutrition, Oral health, Pediatric care, Perinatal health, Physical activity, Preventive health services, Protective factors, Psychosocial development, Safety, Sexual health, Standards, Weight management

Connecticut State Department of Education, Health Promotion Services/School Nurse Program. 2015. Early childhood health assessment record (for children ages birth–5) (rev.). Hartford, CT: Connecticut State Department of Education, 2 pp.

Annotation: This form is designed to help school nurses collect health data and communicate health standards and health status for children before they start school. The record includes two parts, one to be completed by parents and one to be completed by a health professional. The form provides a consistent format for primary care health professionals and program administrators who must complete the form and gather data on children's health and a consistent set of expectations for early child care professionals.

Keywords: Assessment, Data collection, Forms, Health status, Health supervision, School readiness, Young children

Lorenzo SB. 2014. Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment (EPSDT) services in Medicaid: Family resource brief (2nd ed.). Washington, DC: National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health, 1 p.

Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services. 2014. EPSDT: A guide for states–Coverage in the Medicaid benefit for children and adolescents. Baltimore, MD: Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services, 38 pp.

Annotation: This guide is intended to help states, health professionals, and others understand the scope of services covered under the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) program. The guide provides information about periodic and interperiodic screenings, diagnostic services, the scope of treatment services, permissible limitations on coverage of EPSDT services, services available under other federal authorities, access to services, and notice and hearing requirements.

Keywords: Developmental screening, EPSDT, Health supervision, Medicaid, Well child care

Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services. 2014. Paving the road to good health: Strategies for increasing Medicaid adolescent well-care visits. Baltimore, MD: Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services, 32 pp.

Annotation: This document discusses why adolescent health is important, the adolescent well-care visit, and strategies for promoting adolescent well-care visits, including adopting current Bright Futures guidelines for adolescents, incentivizing preventive care, encouraging teen-centered care, leveraging missed opportunities, using social media, and developing partnerships with key community stakeholders.

Keywords: Adolescent health, Developmental screening, EPSDT, Health supervision, Medicaid, Well child care

California Center for Infant-Family and Early Childhood Mental Health. 2012. Finding the words, finding the ways: Exploring reflective supervision and facilitation. Sancramento, CA: California Center for Infant-Family and Early Childhood Mental Health, 1 DVD.

Annotation: This DVD contains improvisations of supervisory sessions from supervisors and practitioners who work in a variety of infant and early childhood programs. They are aimed at illustrating types of reflective supervision. Topics explore calming and containing techniques; promoting personal insights; teaching new skills; and addressing boundary issues.

Keywords: Child mental health, Early childhood development, Health supervision

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. 2011-. Visual impairment in children ages 1 to 5 years: Screening. Rockville, MD: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, multiple items.

Richards J. 2011. Well-child care: A Bright Futures curriculum for pediatric providers. Washington, DC: Bright Futures at Georgetown University and Georgetown University Health Information Group,

Annotation: This curriculum contains ten training modules for health professionals who provide well-child care. Based on the foundation of the Bright Futures program, it covers health history; physical examinations; screening and risk assessment; screening with laboratory tests; immunizations; health education and anticipatory guidance; developmental and behavioral health; oral health; documentation; and cultural competence. CME credits are available. Additional resources such as a well-child care toolkit, links to state EPSDT programs and important pediatric resources, and family materials are provided.

Keywords: Adolescent health, Behavior development, Child development, Child health, Curricula, Families, Guidelines, Health supervision, Infant health, Mental health, Parents, Prevention, Resources for professionals, Screening
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