Health Monitoring
Purpose
This section offers links to:
National Health
and Development Supervision for the Well-Child Visit
Guidelines
- Bright Futures: Bright Futures: Guidelines for Health
Supervision of Infants, Children, and Adolescents (3rd Edition. 2007 ) (Prior versions 1994; 2000; 2002)
- To order printed copies of the new guidelines: Click here.
- Funded by Maternal Child Health Bureau, the publication provides
comprehensive health supervision guidelines, including recommendations
on immunizations, routine health screenings, and anticipatory guidance.
Available in print and on the Web.
Forms and Practice
Tools
- AAP Pediatric Visit Documentation Forms (for
purchase, member discounts)
www.aap.org/bst/showprod.cfm?&DID=15&CATID=133&ObjectGroup_ID=620
Documentation forms available for
purchase from AAP include the following:
- Initial History Questionnaire
- Medication Record
- Problem List
- Well-Child Visit for each of the AAP recommended well-child
visit schedule: 2-4 weeks through 13 years of age
- Bright Futures Pocket Guide (3nd
ed., rev.)
Presents the comprehensive Bright Futures Health Supervision
guidelines in concise format. Designed to fit comfortably in
a coat pocket, this tool features the key questions, anticipatory
guidance, screening procedures, and immunizations for the 29
well-child visits.
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Washington State Health
and Development Supervision for the Well-Child Visit
When a primary health care provider
uses a specific health and development supervision form during a well-child visit, it results
in a more comprehensive and complete health visit.
Washington State well-child exam forms for primary care providers
include a detachable second page parental handout with anticipatory
guidance and emerging developmental milestones for each well child
visit age. The forms meet documentation guidelines for the
Healthy Kids Early and Periodic Screening Diagnosis and Treatment
(EPSDT) program.
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CHILDHOOD IMMUNIZATIONS
Washington State Immunization
Registry www.childprofile.wa.gov
A web application that allows enrolled
primary care providers to conveniently search for patients in the
CHILD Profile statewide immunization registry and to view patient immunization records. Authorized users can:
- Add and edit patient records
- Review vaccination records, adding or editing current and historical
immunizations
- Maintain facility-specific records on vaccinators, physicians, and
lot numbers
- Record required information for each VIS given
- Access the tools to support a reminder/recall system
Provider Resources on Immunizations
Visit WithinReach's Immunization Action Coalition of Washington working to promote immunization awareness through quarterly meetings, material development, education and advocacy, and community talks with key leaders.
Also view their resources page with links to:
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Vaccine Education Program
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Immunization Action Coalition
- National Network of Immunization Information
- Washington State Department of Health
Toolkit for Physicians, Nurses and Other Health Professionals: "Addressing Parents' Concerns about Vaccinations'
A toolkit to help professionals answer parents questions about vaccinations, created by Project Immunize Virginia. This toolkit provides informatioon about recent vaccine studies and offers resources. www.immunizeva.org/tools
Parent Immunization Education Materials (free; in English and Spanish)
- Immunization- A Guide to Protecting your Child
- Plain Talk about Childhood Immunizations
www.doh.wa.gov/cfh/Immunize/vaccine/ordering-materials.htm
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Anticipatory
Guidance for Parents - Health Messages to Offer at Well-Child Visits
National
- AAP Patient Education
and Brochures (for purchase, member discounts)
Help parents become active
partners in their children's health by translating the health supervision
visit into everyday language. Families learn what to expect at each
well-child visit and how to prepare for the next visit, the types
of questions and concerns to talk over with the health professional,
and ways to prepare for their child's next stage of development.
Available in
print and downloadable from the web
Easy-to-read sheets designed
to help families promote the health and well-being of their children. Information on topics such as social development, child care, safety,
eating and physical activity in 4 age groupings: infancy, early
childhood, middle childhood and adolescence.
Washington
State
- Child Profile Health
Promotion Materials:
Health & Safety Information for Parents
and Caregivers www.childprofile.org/hpmats/default.html
Available in English and Spanish.
CHILD Profile sends health promotion materials
to all parents of children birth to age six born in Washington
State. There are 17 mailings, timed to correspond with the
AAP-recommended schedule of well-child visits. Children not receiving
mailings can be enrolled. Click on the following link to sign up:
www.childprofile.org/Parents/signup.html
The materials contain age-specific
information about growth, development, safety, nutrition, and
other parenting issues.
Each mailing
contains an age-appropriate letter and may contain other useful
brochures and pamphlets (view
individual letters and materials).
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Health Monitoring section:
Edited by Sue Wendel, OT
Reviewed by Katherine TeKolste, MD, FAAP
Center on Human Development and Disability, University of Washington
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