Keep ME Healthy 

Keep ME Healthy receives national award.		The Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation recognized the Maine Youth Overweight Collaborative as one of three Healthy Weight for Children State Champions. To read the news release click here

Purpose/Goals:

Keep Me Healthy is the title of a tool kit developed by the Maine Youth Overweight Collaborative. By providing the tools and resources posted here, the Maine Center for Public Health seeks to provide practical support and guidance to health care practices, organizations and individuals across the state to help improve care and outcomes for overweight and obese youth.  These tools are a result of the hard work and support of many individuals associated with the Maine Youth Overweight Collaborative (MYOC).  We know that the problem of youth overweight is an enormous and growing challenge for our communities, our health care system and for those engaged in public health. It is our hope to improve clinical practice and ultimately to improve quality of life for youth and families through the MYOC.

Funders: 

2006—2009

	The Bingham Program is a charitable endowment established in 1932 to promote health and advance medicine in Maine. A major focus of The Bingham Program has been to improve health service delivery in Maine, particularly in rural areas.
	Jessie B. Cox Charitable Trust seeks to improve the welfare of the six state New England region through grants in its four fields of interest: education, the environment, health care, and the promotion of philanthropy.
	MaineHealth, the largest health system in Maine is a nonprofit corporation devoted to building a family of healthcare services offering high quality, cost-efficient preventive care.
	Eastern Maine Healthcare’s mission is to maintain and improve the health and well-being of the people of Maine through a well-organized network of local health care providers who together offer high quality, cost-effective services to their communities.
	Betterment Fund was created for charitable purposes by the will of the late William Bingham, 2nd, a resident of Bethel, Maine, who died in 1955. Mr. Bingham was a self-effacing philanthropist with an abiding interest in education and the improvement of health services in the State of Maine.
	Harvard Prevention Research Center (HPRC) is one of 33 Prevention Research Centers (PRC) funded by the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Our mission is to work with community partners to design, implement, and evaluate programs that improve nutrition and physical activity, reduce overweight and reduce chronic disease risk among children and youth.

2004 - 2006

      The Maine Health Access Foundation (MeHAF), created in 2000, is the state’s largest health care foundation.  Their mission is to promote affordable and timely access to comprehensive, quality health care and seeks to improve the health of every Maine resident.  In particular, MeHAF targets strategies that serve the medically uninsured and underserved.

      Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation’s mission is to prevent illness and to promote health through medical education, research and community service. 

      American Academy of Pediatrics Healthy People 2010 Grants award to the Maine Chapter. 

      Harvard Prevention Research Center (HPRC) is one of 33 Prevention Research Centers (PRC) funded by the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Our mission is to work with community partners to design, implement, and evaluate programs that improve nutrition and physical activity, reduce overweight and reduce chronic disease risk among children and youth.

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Disclaimer Statement:

The materials featured here are for use in the pilot “Maine Youth Overweight Collaborative” program by participating clinicians in the diagnosis and management of youth at-risk for overweight and obese. The information has been gathered from a variety of sources, and reflects a synthesis of current clinical consensus and expert opinion from Maine & around the nation. Please be advised that these tools collectively represent a body of work that is in progress, and may be revised in the future as guidelines and standards of care evolve.  These tools are not intended to replace clinical judgment, or to promote specific care recommendations for providers outside of our pilot initiative.When using the materials available on our site, we ask you to please make note of the source.

	Final Evaluation Report from pilot 2004 - 2006
	Final Evaluation Report for MYOC2 2006 - 2008
	Final Evaluation Report for MYOC3 2008 - 2009
	Logic Model

An important component of the Maine Youth Overweight Collaborative is advocacy to sustain the important "key changes" in office practice initiated by participating teams.  If you would like to learn more about what your organization might do to help, please click on the following link. 

Organizational Position Statement

 

Pediatric Obesity Clinical Decision Support Chart Now Available!

The Maine Youth Overweight Collaborative [MYOC], a joint initiative of the Maine Center for Public Health [MCPH], the Maine Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics [MAAP] and the Maine Harvard Prevention Research Center [MHPRC] is extremely pleased to have reached an agreement with the National AAP to market and promote internationally the Pediatric Obesity Clinical Decision Support Chart. 

The new chart was adapted from the Keep ME Healthy toolkit originally developed by MYOC. It provides clinicians with practical, point-of-care guidance on childhood obesity.  The chart also contains the latest information from “Expert Committee Recommendations on the Prevention, Assessment, and Treatment of Child and Adolescent Overweight and Obesity” published in the December 2007, volume 120, supplement 4 of PEDIATRICS. 

The chart is the result of the hard work and support of many individuals associated with MYOC, who are dedicated to promoting healthy lifestyles for Maine families.  We would like to extend special thanks to our partners, clinical teams and funders for their generosity. 

To download a free PDF version of the Maine flipchart click here 

You can order a copy of the Maine version of the flipchart (shown at right) from the Maine AAP at: www.maineaap.org/project_youthoverweight.htm

To order the national version go to: www.nfaap.org  click on "health topics" then click on Featured "AAP Overweight and Obesity Website" then click on "Healthcare Providers" and the flipchart is listed second under publications.

Readiness Ruler

Readiness Poster
Brief Negotiation Pocket-card

Guide to Effective Communication with Families

Tools for the Office Visit

 Parent - Child Flip Chart

 Encounter Forms (Initial &  Follow-Up)

5-2-1-0 Healthy Habits Survey Age 2-9

5-2-1-0 Healthy Habits Survey Age 10 & Older

 Visit Flow Charts (Well Child  &  Planned Follow-Up)

 5-2-1-0 Survey Age 2-8

 5-2-1-0 Survey Age 9-18

Somali

   Somali 5210 Survey 2-8

   Somali 5210 Survey 9-18

Spanish

   Spanish 5210 survey 2-8

   Spanish 5210 survey 9-18

Khmer

   Khmer 2-8yo

   Khmer 9-18yo

5-2-1-0 Poster & Patient Handout

Office Poster

Message Rationale

BMI Poster

In Depth Nutrition Survey

In Depth Physical Activity Survey

Goal Setting Worksheet

Goal Tracker

To order the Let's Go Childhood Obesity Resource Toolkit for Healthcare Professionals please email: infoletsgo@mmc.org

To download free PDF file components of the toolkit go to: http://www.letsgo.org/For_You/Healthcare_Professionals_Toolkit.php

 Community Resources

 Community Role

Website Resource Listing

Presentations (Microsoft PowerPoint )

 Confronting the Challenge of Youth Overweight in Maine

NOTE: This is a large presentation provided above as a pdf. Click below to download this presentation in sections as a Powerpoint file.

#1 National Overview

#2  Maine Data

#3  Cause & Effect

#4 Potential Solutions

MYOC Introduction

       Key Reference Guidelines & Research Articles

AAP Recommendations

AAP Coding Fact Sheet

Obesity Metabolic Syndrome

PAN Program: The Burden of Overweight & Obesity in Maine

Impact of a Primary Care Intervention on Physician Practice and Patient and Family Behavior: Keep ME Healthy The Maine Youth Overweight Collaborative

Relevant Links:

            5-2-1-0 Goes to School   http://www.5210goestoschool.com

            American Academy of Pediatrics: http://www.aap.org

            Improving Chronic Illness Care http://improvingchroniccare.org

            Maine Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics: http://www.maineaap.org/project_youthoverweight.htm