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Keep ME Healthy
Keep ME Healthy receives national award.
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.
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Funders:
2006—2009
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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.
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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. |
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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.
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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.
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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. |
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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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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.
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Contact:
Joan
Orr
CHES, Project Director
(207) 629-9272 Ext. 211
Email
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Products/
Related Documents:
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.
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Protocol & Tools for Providers & Patients |
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Clinical Decision Support |
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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.
 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 
Brief Negotiation Pocket-card
Guide to Effective Communication with Families
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Tools for the Office Visit
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5-2-1-0 Surveys in Other
Languages |
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Presentation (Microsoft PowerPoint ) |
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Confronting the Challenge of Youth Overweight in Maine
NOTE:
This is a large presentation and
may take a few minutes to view or save to your computer.
Timesaving
Option: Download this presentation in sections.
#1
Overview, Goals, Changes Term Definitions of Youth Obesity,
Calculating BMI
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U.S. Obesity Progression Charts, Maine Changes
#3 What
About the Kids? Causes of Youth Obesity
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The Bottom Line, Energy In, Portions, Sugar-sweetened Drinks and
Energy Out.
TV Viewing and Youth Obesity, Trends, Energy Usage
#5 Solutions,
State, Community, School, Families,
Keep ME Healthy,
Maine Youth Overweight Collaborative.
MYOC Introduction
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