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Annotation: This report provides information on 16 focus groups conducted from July 31, 2007, through September 25, 2007, among parents of Virginia infants, children, and adolescents. The focus groups were sponsored by the Virginia Department of Health (VDH), and their purpose was to assist VDH in developing health, wellness, and parenting-education materials for parents and to provide insight on the most effective way to promote key Bright Futures messages to parents, children, and adolescents. The report included information on demographics, key findings, and parent feedback. Conclusions and recommendations are included.

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Keywords: Adolescent health, Bright Futures, Child health, Focus groups, Health supervision, Infant health, Parents, Virginia

Annotation: This poster promotes Child Health Day for 2007 and advertises the Bright Futures web site.

Keywords: Adolescents, Child Health Day, Children, Health observances, Health supervision, Posters, Prevention

Annotation: This book is written for primary care practitioners who care for children and their families. It is designed to help providers integrate the monitoring, supporting, and assessing of developmental processes into the usual course of pediatric care. It is a practice manual for anticipatory guidance and a curriculum component for clinicians at several stages of their professional development. It discusses growth stages from newborn to late adolescence, making an alliance with the family, and special situations such as the special care nursery, family problems and hospitalization. It also discusses child advocacy and the use of children's drawings in the office, and includes a bibliography of books for parents and videos for kids.

Keywords: Assessment, Child behavior, Child development, Health supervision, Well child care

Annotation: This resource guide is intended to help individuals, organizations, communities, and groups interested in using the Bright Futures philosophy and materials to increase health quality and well-being among children and families. The guide provides concrete, step-by-step information about how to get the Bright Futures process started and how to sustain it. A list of Bright Futures resources in included.

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Keywords: Bright Futures, Child advocacy, Child health, Health supervision

Annotation: This report presents a synthesis of findings from a series of case studies exploring how the Bright Futures for Infants, Children, and Adolescents initiative has been used in six states (Georgia, Louisianna, Maine, South Carolina, Virginia, and Washington) to promote children's health. The report includes background about Bright Futures, a discussion of the methodology, a snythesis of case study findings, ideas for the future, and a conclusion. Case studies for each state are included, as well.

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Keywords: Bright Futures, Case studies, Child health, Georgia, Health supervision, Louisiana, Maine, South Carolina, State initiatives, Virginia, Washington

Annotation: This packet includes four tools on social and emotional development during infancy (birth through 12 months), early childhood (ages 1-4), middle childhood (ages 5-10), and adolescence (ages 11-21). The publications, intended for families and health professionals, provide information about what to expect and when to seek help for each developmental stage. Based on Bright Futures in Practice, the development tools offer a framework for health professionals and families to begin a conversation together about how best to support healthy social and emotional development in infants, children, and adolescents. The tools are part of a coordinated set of print and Web materials, including the Referral Tool for Providers and the electronic Community Services Locator. The tools encourage familes who have concerns about their child to ask questions and offer a number of tips for when, where, and how to seek help through local, state, or national resources. The tools are available in English and Spanish.

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Keywords: Adolescent development, Adolescent health, Child development, Child health, Early childhood development, Emotional development, Families, Health supervision, Infant development, Infant health, Social problems, Spanish language materials

Annotation: This Bright Futures tool for health professionals provides information about creating a referral network for developmental, behavioral, and family support services. Information is presented about locating community-based services to support children and families. The tool includes a referral and contact list, divided into the following categories: (1) education and special needs, (2) health and wellness, (3) mental health and well-being, (4) family support and parenting, (5) child care and early childhood education, and (6) other. Each catetory is divided into subcategories, with space for health professionals to fill in contact information. The tool is available in English and Spanish.

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Keywords: Child care, Child development, Child health, Children, Children with special health care needs, Collaboration, Community-based services, Early childhood education, Education, Families, Family support services, Health supervision, Mental health, Parenting, Referrals, Spanish language materials

Annotation: This guidebook is designed to help early childhood professionals, such as teachers, family advocates, health coordinators, and others, use the national Bright Futures materials for health promotion. The guidebook includes an introduction to Bright Futures principles and materials, information about the connection between a child's health and a child's readiness for learning, strategies useful for integrating Bright Futures into existing early childhood health promotion systems and tools for creating a Bright Futures Action Plan, ideas for introducing staff to Bright Futures, ideas for using Bright Futures with families, and ideas for using Bright Futures in the classroom or child care. The guidebook is divided into two main sections. Section 1 contains chapters designed to help readers prepare to use Bright Futures. Section 2 contains chapters devoted to the major health promotion topics featured in the Bright Futures materials. A CD-ROM containing training tools is included.

Keywords: Bright Futures, Child care, Child health, Early childhood development, Early childhood education, Health promotion, Health supervision, Manuals, School readiness, Young children

Annotation: This case study, based on key informant interviews conducted in spring 2005, describes how Georgia has used Bright Futures as part of an effort to improve child health indicators and how Bright Futures has been incorporated into Medicaid well-child exams delivered by local health departments, especially to enhance anticipatory guidance. The case study also describes how the state has used Bright Futures as part of its effort to improve child health in the areas of mental health and oral health. The case study discusses the context for Bright Futures, initiating Bright Futures, the evolution of Bright Futures over time, challenges, lessons learned, and sustainability and future directions.

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Keywords: Adolescent health, Anticipatory guidance, Bright Futures, Child health, Children, Families, Georgia, Health agencies, Health promotion, Health supervision, Infant health, Medicaid, Mental health, Oral health, Prevention, State programs

Annotation: This Bright Futures case study, which is based on key informant interviews conducted in spring 2005, describes how and why Bright Futures was initially adopted by Louisianna and how its utilization has evolved. The report discusses the context for Bright Futures, initiating Bright Futures, the evolution of Bright Futures over time; challenges and lessons learned; and future directions and sustainability of Bright Futures.

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Keywords: Anticipatory guidance, Bright Futures, Case studies, Disease prevention, Health promotion, Health supervision, Louisiana, Public health, State programs

Annotation: This Bright Futures case study, which is based on key informant interviews conducted in spring 2005, describes how and why Bright Futures was initially adopted by Maine and how its utilization has evolved. The report discusses the context for Bright Futures, initiating Bright Futures, the evolution of Bright Futures over time; and future challenges and lessons learned.

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Keywords: Anticipatory guidance, Bright Futures, Case studies, Disease prevention, Health promotion, Health supervision, Maine, Public health, State programs

Annotation: This case study, based on key informant interviews conducted in spring 2005, describes the experiences of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in which the Bright Futures philosophy, guidelines, and specific components have been well integrated into public health policy and practice at the state level. The case study describes Virginia's adoption of Bright Futures as the state child health standard and the ways in which it has been championed through policy, training, education, collaborations, and service delivery to promote better-quality health care and supervision for children. The case study discusses the context for Bright Futures, initiating Bright Futures, the evolution of Bright Futures Virginia, challenges and lessons learned, the sustainability of Bright Futures Virginia, future directions, and conclusions.

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Keywords: Adolescent health, Bright Futures, Case studies, Child health, Collaboration, Education, Health promotion, Health services delivery, Health supervision, Infant health, Prevention, Public health, Public policy, Training, Virginia

Annotation: This case study, based on key informant interviews conducted in spring 2005 and findings from a process evaluation conducted in 2002, provides a detailed description of how the Washington State Department of Health's Office of Maternal and Child Health initiated the use of Bright Futures and how its utilization has evolved over time. The case study discusses the context for Bright Futures, initiating Bright Futures, the evolution of Bright Futures, Bright Futures training activities, challenges and lessons learned, and future directions and sustainability of Bright Futures in Washington. The case study includes one appendix: funding for Washington State Bright Futures.

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Keywords: Adolescent health, Bright Futures, Case studies, Child health, Financing, Health promotion, Health supervision, Infant health, Prevention, State programs, Training, Washington

Annotation: These materials are from a series of workshops held in April and May 2006 in Missouri to provide hands-on tools for promoting resilience in children, families, and communities. Contents include presentation slides, the workshop agenda, presenter biographies, and exercise descriptions and handouts. Topics include the Comprehensive System Management Team; family engagement and family involvement; informed consent and issues of confidentiality; facilitated referrals and individualized care planning; Bright Futures and systems of care; using Bright Futures tools in practice; and next steps in implementing structures, processes, and leadership to serve the social and emotional needs of all children. A description of the workshop series is also available.

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Keywords: Bright Futures, Child health, Child mental health, Collaboration, Health care systems, Health supervision, Missouri, Resilience, State initiatives, Systems development

Annotation: This report describes a process evaluation of five Bright Futures objectives to (1) develop materials and practical tools for health professionals, families, and communities; (2) disseminate Bright Futures philosophy and materials; (3) train health professionals, families, and communities to work in partnership on behalf of children's health; (4) develop and maintain public-private partnerships; and (5) evaluate and refine the efforts. Report contents include an executive summary and introduction, along with a description of the methodology, a historical overview of Bright Futures, findings, analysis, discussion, and case examples. Appendices include a logic model for Bright Futures, a list of key informants and a sample matrix, overviews of annotated bibliography contents and Web sites referencing Bright Futures, a list of panel members for initial Bright Futures guidelines development, a list of publications and initiative awards, the health charter, and a report on the dissemination of Bright Futures guidelines and practice guides.

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Keywords: Bright Futures, Child health, Health supervision, MCH programs, Program descriptions, Program evaluation

Annotation: This pamphlet summarizes some findings from the National Survey of Early Childhood Health, a survey conducted to gather information about whether the process, content, and quality of well child visits meet parents' needs. The pamphlet provides information about well child visits overall, parents' satisfaction with the visits, the content of the visits, and practice and policy implications. Statistical information is presented in figures and tables throughout the pamphlet. The pamphlet includes references. A bullet list of highlights from the survey concludes the pamphlet.

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Keywords: Child health, Health supervision, Parents, Pediatric care, Pediatricians, Public policy, Surveys, Well child care, Young children

Annotation: This summary describes a survey initiated by the Bright Futures Projects Advisory Committee to explore the provision of health supervision visits for infants, children, and adolescents, the resources used to track and prompt preventive care and to educate patients and parents, provider awareness and adoption of health supervision guidelines, including Bright Futures, and to identify barriers to implementing preventive care services in practice. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: : Health supervision, Adolescents, Bright Futures, Children, Health services delivery, Infants, Preventive health services, Primary care, Primary care, Surveys

Annotation: These resources are used to document a collaborative agreement between a dentist and a dental hygienist to allow the hygienist to provide services to individuals in public health settings before being examined by a dentist. Contents include an agreement template, a sample checklist, and annual reporting requirements.

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Keywords: Collaboration, Forms, Iowa, Oral health, Public health dental hygienists, Public health services, State programs, Supervision

Annotation: This curriculum guide is for home visitors to parents of infants newborn to six months of age. The first part of the guide gives an overview of the curriculum and basic information about the role of the home visitor. The second part contains weekly and monthly plans providing detailed purposes for each visit, discussion and prompts to use for introducing topics, instructions regarding what to observe, actions to take, and additional resources. The third part of the guide contains handouts for the family. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Curricula, Health supervision, Home visiting, Infant development, Infants, Parent support services, Parenting skills, Preservice training, Spanish language materials

Annotation: This report provides information about the provision of primary health care services that promote the development of infants and young children in the United States. In addition, the report addresses opportunities to improve the content and quality of developmental health services as part of routine primary child health care. An appendix identifies several programs identified as best practice models.

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Keywords: Child behavior, Child development, Community programs, Health supervision, Model programs, Primary care, Young children