What is Bright Futures for Families?

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Bright Futures: A
World of Health &
Wellness for ALL
Children
Prevention Works
Families Matter
Health Promotion is Everybody’s
Business
—Judith S. Palfrey, MD, mother of three children; Co-author, Bright Futures Editions 1
and 2; Former President, American Academy of Pediatrics; Former Executive Director
of Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” Initiative
The health and wellness of children today neither
begins nor ends in the doctor’s office!
What families do every day matters and will have
lifelong impact on children’s health and well-being.
Families—working in partnership with health care
professionals and state and community decision makers—
together can build healthier lives for every child, including
children and youth with special health care needs.
This is the underlying goal behind Bright Futures!
What is Bright Futures?
Bright Futures is a vision and a philosophy of
children’s health care. It is also a set of up-to-date
guidelines, offering a practical, strength-based
approach to children’s health and well-being, birth
through adolescence.
Bright Futures is dedicated to the
principle that every child deserves to
be as healthy as possible. The best
health care involves a trusting
relationship between a child and
family, a health professional, and
their community.
What is Bright Futures for
Families?
Families’ roles are essential in the health of
their children. What families do every day
plays a huge role in the health and well-being
of children, including those with special health
care needs. Partnership with health care
professionals is invaluable. When families and
professionals work together, sharing their
knowledge and experience, children—and
their families—thrive.
Bright Futures
• The centerpiece is the Bright Futures
Guidelines for the Health Supervision of
Infants, Children, and Adolescents, 3rd Ed,
published by the American Academy of
Pediatrics in 2008. The 4th Edition is
expected in 2015.
• Bright Futures is named in the Affordable
Care Act as the gold standard of pediatric
care.
• For more information on Bright Futures, go
to: www.brightfutures.aap.org
Bright Futures Health Promotion Themes
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Family Support
Child Development
Emotional Wellness and Mental Health
Healthy Weight
Healthy Food and Eating/Nutrition
Physical Activity
Oral Health
Healthy Sexual Development and Sexuality
Safety and Injury Prevention
Community Relationships and Resources
American
Academy of
Pediatrics
Bright Futures
Resources
AAP Bright Futures
• Website: www.brightfutures.aap.org
• AAP has materials for families as well as
professionals
• Most materials are available for free
download, or can be purchased as hard
copies
A Sampling of AAP Bright
Futures Resources
• Bright Futures Guidelines for the Health
Supervision of Infants, Children, and
Adolescents,3rd edition (aka “BF3”)
• Geared for practicing health care
professionals
• Individual chapters and topics can be
downloaded separately
• Note: The 4th edition (BF4) revision is
expected in 2015.
A Sampling of AAP Bright
Futures Resources (cont.)
• Bright Futures Nutrition,3rd edition
• Bright Futures Tool and Resource Kit
• A collection of practical resources,
including many parent/patient
materials that complement BF3
• Some samples available for download
A Sampling of AAP Bright
Futures Resources (cont.)
Bright Futures Activity Book
To encourage parent-child
interaction, the Bright Futures
activity book provides a fun,
informative, and interactive
overview of the 10 themes
from the Bright Futures
Guidelines.
A Sampling of AAP Bright
Futures Resources (cont.)
• Bright Futures Health Promotion Theme
Handouts
• Bright Futures Visit Forms
• Bright Futures Previsit Questionnaires
• Parent/Patient Educational Handouts
Family Voices
IMPACT
Bright Futures
for Families
Resources
Family Voices IMPACT Bright
Futures for Families
• Website: www.fv-impact.org
• Family-friendly health & wellness
resources
• Most materials are available for free
download, or can be purchased as hard
copies
A Sampling of Bright Futures
for Families Resources
For more information or to order, go to:
http://www.fv-impact.org/publications/pocket-guide/
What’s Special about
the Bright Futures
Family Pocket Guide?
• Content based on AAP’s Bright Futures Guidelines
for Health Supervision of Infants, Children, and
Adolescents, 3rd Ed. (“BF3”).
• Takes hundreds of health & wellness
recommendations and condenses/translates them
into language families can understand—and act on.
• Includes 4 Age/Stage sections: Infancy, Early
Childhood, Middle Childhood, Adolescence, and
identifies health guidance around the 10 Bright
Futures health promotion themes.
What’s Special about
the Bright Futures
Family Pocket Guide?
• Includes 24 pages of more than 100 resources
grouped by BF themes and other relevant family
resource topics
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AAP websites and resources
FV websites and resources
Bright Futures Family Network organizations
Government websites
Other highly respected health and wellness
websites and resources
What’s Special about
the Bright Futures
Family Pocket Guide?
• Includes information specifically for children and
youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN),
while also acknowledging that CYSHCN have the
same health and wellness needs as other children.
• Pictures and graphics are culturally diverse, colorful,
and engaging.
• Most graphics courtesy of Bright Futures at
Georgetown
• Special thanks to all who helped with this beautiful
booklet!
Now Available in Spanish!
For more information or to order, go to:
http://www.fv-impact.org//
What’s Special about the
Spanish Bright Futures
Family Pocket Guide?
• Includes the same helpful information as the English
guide
• Includes the same resources, in Spanish where
available
• The translation was done by a family leader and is
in “universal” Spanish, designed to be understood
by a wide range of Spanish-speaking people
• Special thanks to all who helped with this beautiful
booklet!
Other Bright Futures for
Families Resources
Bright Futures Theme
Health & Wellness
Updates
Health and Wellness for
families and children,
including those with special
health care needs, are hot
topics in the news, in
research, and in publications
from a variety of sources.
These 1-page updates have
information and resources for
families on Bright Futures
themes.
Bright Futures Family
Matters e-Newsletter
A free electronic
newsletter for families
and professionals
about news,
information, and
activities in the
maternal and child
health community.
Prevention Works
Families Matter
Health Promotion is Everybody’s
Business
—Judith S. Palfrey, MD, mother of three children; Co-author, Bright Futures Editions 1
and 2; Former President, American Academy of Pediatrics; Former Executive Director
of Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” Initiative
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