Promoting Child and Adolescent Health: Bright Futures and EPSDT

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Promoting Child and Adolescent HealthBright
Futures and EPSDT
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What Is Bright Futures?

• Expert Guidelines
• Developmental approach
• Vision
• Philosophy
• Children from birth through 21 years

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Core Messages

• Prevention Works!
• Families Matter.
• Health is Everyones Business.

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Prevention Works!

• Specific preventive and health-promoting
  interventions lead to desired outcomes
• Target children at risk
• Improve health outcomes
• Improve school performance
• Improve social functioning

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Families Matter!

• Families are the primary caregivers in any health
  care system they are often the first to
  recognize that a health problem exists
• Most parents are heavily invested in promoting
  their childs development
• Children are affected by what happens in their
  family
• Beliefs values matter

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Health is Everybodys Business!

• Child or Adolescent
• Family
• Health Care Provider
• School
• Community

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Core Concepts

• Partnerships
• Communication
• Promoting health
• Managing time
• Educating
• Advocating

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Partnership

• Respect
• Cooperation
• Sharing of resources and information
• Trust
• Dedication
• Working together

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Communication

• Listen to child and family concerns
• Focus
• Select non-verbal behaviors that fit with the
  persons cultural identification
• Speak clearly, without jargon
• Check for additional questions

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Health Promotion

• Focus on growth and risk-reduction
• Note accomplishments of child
• Identify strengths of family and community
• Select relevant health topics

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Time Management

• Provider and Family both responsible
• Use feedback forms and office staff
• Plan so maximize the time for health care
• Clarify goals
• Identify family needs and concerns
• Prioritize
• Identify options for meeting todays unmet goals

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Education

• Anticipatory Guidance
• Physical growth, nutrition, oral health, physical
  activity, mental health
• Connection to community

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Advocacy

• Child /Family
• Program
• Administrative

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Bright Futures Virginia

• Adopted as Standard of Care for Virginias
  children adolescents by
• Virginia Department of Health
• Virginia Department of Education
• Virginia Department of Medical Assistance
  Services
• Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation
  Substance Abuse Services

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Bright Futures Virginia Goals

• Increase family knowledge, skills and
  participation in health-promoting and prevention
  activities
• Promote training of health care professionals and
  communities on Bright Futures and its
  implementation
• Develop and maintain partnerships that promote
  prevention and benefit the health of children and
  their parents

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Training

• VDH Nurses and Social Workers
• WIC Nutritionists
• Dentists and Dental Assistants
• School Nurses
• Home Visitors ( Resource Mothers, CHIP, Healthy
  Families)
• Child Care Providers

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Partner in Projects

• Governors New Parent Kit
• Health Record
• Calendar
• Child Care Provider Kits
• SOLs for Health Education (K-12)
• Perinatal Depression Screening
• Smart Beginnings Web Site

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Promoting Child and Adolescent HealthWEB
COURSE

• 6 modules
• VDH, AAP, DMAS, VCU partnership
• CME/CEU for course/module completion
• Implement the Bright Futures approach in meeting
  the EPSDT guidelines

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Web Course Goals

• To improve the quality of health care for
  children
• To increase the number of children receiving
  developmentally-based well-child visits
• To provide clinicians the tools they need to
  implement Bright Futures

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www.vcu-cme.org/bf
Future Goal Address mental health needs of
children
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Contacts Bright Futures Virginia

• Catherine J. Bodkin, LCSW, MSHA, co-chair
  catherine.bodkin_at_vdh.virginia.gov
• 804-864-7768
• Sherry Shrader, RN, BSN, co-chair
  sherry.shrader_at_vdh.virginia.gov
• 804-864-7689