Bright Futures
Guidelines for Health Supervision of Infants, Children, and Adolescents
Author: Joseph F. Hagan, Jr
This essential resource provides key background information and recommendations for themes critical to healthy child development along with well-child supervision standards for 31 age-based visits, from newborn through 21 years.
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This essential resource provides key background information and recommendations for themes critical to healthy child development along with well-child supervision standards for 31 age-based visits, from newborn through 21 years.
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This essential resource provides key background information and recommendations for themes critical to healthy child development along with well-child supervision standards for 31 age-based visits - from Newborn through 21 years. The result: better health care, more efficient visits, stronger partnerships with children and families, and better ability to keep up with changes in family, communities, and society that affect a child's health.
Critic Reviews
“4-star Review! This is an excellent, overall review of the most up-to-date information for pediatricians. It includes new essential topics for contemporary practice. Because of its emphasis on providing for patients, families, and communities, this book will be a welcome addition to any collection. Katherine M Messing, M.D.(North Suburban Pediatrics) Doody's Review”
Bright Futures has been selected as one of Doody’s Core Titles®
About the Author
The American Academy of Pediatrics is an organization of 67,000 primary care pediatricians, pediatric medical subspecialists and pediatric surgical specialists dedicated to the health, safety and well-being of infants, children, adolescents and young adults. The AAP is the largest pediatric publisher in the world, with a diverse list of resources that includes essential clinical and practice management titles and award-winning books for parents. Paula M. Duncan, MD, FAAP, is a professor of pediatrics at the University of Vermont College of Medicine.
This essential resource developed by multidisciplinary panels of experts in infancy, early childhood, middle childhood, and adolescent health (i.e., pediatricians, family physicians, nurse practitioners, nutritionists, mental health specialists, pediatric dentists and families), covers 12 health promotion themes including: Promoting Family Support, Promoting Healthy Weight, and more! The guidelines reflect updated AAP Recommendations for Preventive Pediatric Health Care, updates to content reflected in the 32 health supervision visits (prenatal and 31 well-child care visits). New themes include: Promoting Lifelong Health for Families and Communities; Promoting Health for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs; Promoting the Healthy and Safe Use of Social Media.
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