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Abstract #165880

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Micheal C. Barth, PhD, ICF International, 9300 Lee Highway, Fairfax, VA, VA 22031, 678-429-7641, MBarth@icfi.com, Joyce Edmonds, RN, MPH, Center for Research on Maternal and Newborn Survival, Emory University, 1520 Clifton Road Room 244, Atlanta, GA, Atlanta, GA 30322-4201, and Marjorie Buchanan, RN, MSN, Environmental Health Education Center, University of Maryland School of Nursing, 655 West Lombard Street, Baltimore, MD 21201.

There are known gaps between the recommended preventive health care services for children 0-3 years of age and the actual care they receive. The recommended preventive services are articulated by Bright Futures, a national health promotion initiative dedicated to the principle that every child deserves to be healthy and that optimal health involves a trusting relationship between the health professional, the child, the family, and the community as partners in health practice.5 To fill the service gap and actualize the Bright Futures guidelines the American Public Health Association's (APHA) Public Health Nursing Section is collaborating with Healthy Steps for Young Children to develop a public health approach to pediatric well-child care. The collaboration will be described along with the development of model to improve the link between public health and pediatric primary care to enhance the systems of care for young children.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe the need for quality improvements in the structure and process of pediatric preventive health care services for children 0-3 years of age.
• Describe the development and current status of the partnership between APHA Public Health Nursing Section and Healthy Steps for Young Children.
• Discuss the design and evaluation of a model to link public health and pediatric primary care together to improve quality of preventive health care for children 0-3 years of age.

Keywords: Child Health Promotion, Quality of Care

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Any relevant financial relationships? No
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I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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