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NICHQ CEO, Co-authors Call for Reframing the Obesity Prevention Narrative
BOSTON- On Oct. 17, 2020, an article published in Maternal and Child Nutrition calls for a holistic life-course approach to childhood obesity prevention that includes an equitable developmental perspective. “Reframing the early childhood obesity prevention narrative through an equitable, nurturing approach” was coauthored by Scott D. Berns, MD, MPH, FAAP, President and CEO of the National Institute for Children’s Health Quality (NICHQ)1. The authors assert that the field’s current focus on…
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QI Tips: Developing a Successful Measurement Strategy
In an improvement project, a measurement strategy gives your team the data to determine whether your changes are, in fact, leading to improvement. After 20 years of coaching teams in quality improvement, we’ve identified three questions that can help you leverage a successful measurement strategy. Question one: Do you have a “family of measures” that includes…
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Reduce Childhood Obesity with Healthy Weight Plans that Works
Since 1970, children’s obesity has more than tripled in the U.S. One in five school-aged children are now considered obese, which means that 20 percent of American children are at greater risk of chronic health conditions and social isolation, as well as developing heart disease, diabetes and multiple cancers later in life. Childhood obesity does…
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Empowering Families to Fight Obesity
In Medicaid-funded programs across the country, families are learning how to achieve a healthy weight through better nutrition and increased fitness. To maximize the benefits of these programs—and protect children from long-term health problems like increased risk for heart disease—NICHQ recently gathered insights from participating families on the best approaches to tackling obesity, which was…
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Healthy Weight Clinic Guide
A guide on how to develop, implement and maintain a community-based, pediatric healthy weight clinic.
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4 Key Considerations for Family and Community Engagement in Public Health
As public health professionals, we are tasked with designing, implementing and evaluating programs and policies that are intended to improve population health. A critical part of this work is partnering with the families in communities we want to reach. This is the best way to try to understand what matters most to them and how…
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New Obesity Projects Look to Improve Childhood Prevention and Treatment Programs
NICHQ is working with the Institute for Medicaid Innovation (IMI) to reduce childhood obesity and improve treatment plans among Medicaid recipients. Over the course of two projects, known as the Childhood Obesity Prevention and Treatment (CHOPT) projects, NICHQ will conduct a series of face-to-face interviews with families about how obesity programs affect their health and…
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Healthy Care for Healthy Kids Obesity Toolkit
Resources for preventing childhood obesity and for improving care of children who are overweight.
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The Healthy Weight Collaborative: Using Learning Collaboratives to Enhance Community-Based Prevention Initiatives Addressing Childhood Obesity
This report from the field describes the design, implementation, and early evaluation results of the Healthy Weight Collaborative.
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San Diego Healthy Weight Collaborative: a systems approach to address childhood obesity
A collaborative approach to identify opportunities for interactions between multiple systems is an important model for childhood obesity prevention.