What's New

• Family Matters April/May 2013 Issue: Let’s Move!
  First Lady Michelle Obama has spearheaded a campaign to help families find practical—and fun—ways to eat healthy and be more physically active. Learn about “America’s move to raise a healthier generation of kids,” complete with resources for healthy food and physical activity options for everybody.


• New Health & Wellness Updates!
  The latest issues in this IMPACT on… Health & Wellness Updatesincludes Oral Health, Mental Health, Healthy Weight, and Safety and Injury Prevention.


• Family Matters January 2013 Issue
  Meet the Bright Futures Family Network! This group of family-centered organizations, with different focuses and purposes, all share a mission to improve the health and wellness of today’s children and families. Learn about the organizations and what they have to offer..


• New Health & Wellness Updates!
  This series of eight IMPACT on… Health & Wellness Updates all feature information from the Bright Futures Family Pocket Guide, 2nd Edition, released last summer.


• New Learning Opportunities:
  • October 4, 2012: Food for Thought: Lessons Learned from Families about Health & Wellness
    Given the opportunity to share their wisdom, families are a wealth of information on how they work to improve health and wellness for their families. This webinar provided a discussion of the insights learned when families are given the opportunity to share their expertise. Click here to view the recording and download handouts.
  
  
  • September 6, 2012 Webinar: Facilitating Successful Focus Groups for Families: Best Practices
    This webinar provided participantswith skill-building information on how to plan, set up, and run focus groups for families. Click here to view the recording and download handouts.
  
  
• Now Available! - New Bright Futures Family Pocket Guide: Raising Healthy Infants, Children, and Adolescents, 2nd Edition
  New Bright Futures Family Pocket Guide: Raising Healthy Infants, Children, and Adolescents, 2nd Edition –Family Friendly tips, strategies, and resources for each stage of children’s development from prenatal to adolescence. Based on the American Academy of Pediatrics Bright Futures: Guidelines for the Health Supervision of Infants, Children, and Adolescents (3rd ed.).



• Recently Revised! - Getting to Know Title V
  A reference tool available to you that describes Title V mission, history, and services and how families participate in Title V programs and policies.



• Family Matters Spring 2012 issue
  What does your community—where you live, learn, work, and play—have to do with the health of your family? Learn about what makes a community “healthy”—and what you can do to make your community even healthier in this issue.



• IMPACT on... Bright Futures Theme Updates
  Health and Wellness for families and children, including those with special health care needs, are hot topics in the news, in research, and in publications from a variety of sources. These 1-page updates have information and resources for families on Bright Futures themes.



• Family Matters Fall 2011 issue
  Promoting good nutrition is everybody’s responsibility. Learn how to involve kids, family, and community in improving the health and well-being for all in this issue.



• Family Matters Summer 2011 issue: Happy 10th Anniversary, NCBDDD!
  Learn about the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD), including its history of helping families and the resources it provides in this issue.



• Bright Futures Theme Sheets
  Informative 1-pagers for families focused on the 10 themes that recur in all stages of child development: Family Support, Child Development, Mental Health, Healthy Weight, Healthy Food & Eating, Physical Activity, Oral Health, Healthy Sexual Development & Sexuality, Safety & Injury Prevention, Community Relationships & Resources. Each 1-pager provides a description of the theme, how the theme relates to the child and family, how the theme relates to the different ages/stages, what families can do to promote healthy development as part of that theme, and additional resources.



• Family Matters April 2011 issue: Child Development
  Child development is the physical, intellectual, emotional, and social changes children undergo as they grow from infancy to adulthood. Read more about these changes in this issue.



• Family Matters October 2010 issue: Health Literacy
  While health literacy is more than reading, reading is a key way to learn and improve health literacy. Read more in this issue.