National Initiative for Children’s Health Care Quality (NICHQ) Implementation Guide on Pediatric Obesity
NICHQ, together with key partners, has created an Implementation Guide to accompany the newly released Overweight and Obesity Recommendations. NICHQ’s Implementation Guide (PDF) supports providers with the tools and resources necessary to put the new recommendations into practice. Dr. Lenna Liu, COAT’s lead physician, is a co-author of this guide.
NICHQ's Children's Obesity Action Network
The Children's Obesity Action Network (COAN) is a new NICHQ Web-based national network aimed at rapidly sharing knowledge, successful practices and innovation. This helps ensure that providers have access to the best available evidence and promising practices on prevention and treatment of childhood obesity.
Small Steps to Health Pediatric Obesity Toolkit
In addition to the tools and resources available through NICHQ’s Childhood Obesity Action Network, you may find COAT’s Small Steps to Health Pediatric Obesity Toolkit helpful in implementing the AMA recommendations.
This toolkit was included in the material distributed during our quality improvement learning collaboratives with primary care practices (Small Steps to Health and CHIC). The toolkits have been successfully used during clinic visits by several local pediatric practices and can be easily adapted to your own pediatric population. Clinics can get more support on the use of these tools by joining a learning collaborative.
Provider Packet on Pediatric Obesity
Together with the local chapter of the American Heart Association, COAT has developed provider packets to assist health-care providers in helping patients manage obesity and discussing healthy lifestyle concerns with patients and their families.
The packets include current information about childhood obesity, useful tools that help promote the message of a healthy lifestyle, and copies of age-specific family educational materials. To order, call 866-987-2500, option 1, or print and fax a copy of the Health Care Provider Materials Request form (PDF) from the Medical Staff Web site.
Or you can view some of the key materials in the packet:
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