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Outreach and engagement of community partners and providers

Gap Analysis

Gap Analysis

The gap analysis is a simple tool to help identify the gap between a current situation and the future state that you want to reach, along with the tasks that must be completed to close this gap. Analyze your current situation For each of your objectives, analyze your...

What is Developmental Surveillance

What is Developmental Surveillance

Components of developmental surveillance eliciting and attending to parental concernsdocumenting and maintaining a developmental historyobserving the childidentifying risks and protective factorsmaintaining an accurate record of findings over time, which includes...

The Five Whys Exercise

The Five Whys Exercise

Objective To identify the root causes of problems and barriers related to early identification and referral in the community. If, after reviewing the Community Readiness Assessment and results of the Scan of Current Screening Practices, the Community Implementation...

SWOT Analysis

SWOT Analysis

A Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, Threat (SWOT) analysis guides you to identify the positives and negatives inside your organization (S-W) and outside of it, in the external environment (O-T). SWOT is a simple way to identify the issues or problems you intend to...

Physician-to-Physician Outreach – Examples from Kansas

Physician-to-Physician Outreach – Examples from Kansas

Example 1: Community Connections Lead to Increased Screening One nurse practitioner became interested in participating in opportunities for training and incorporating developmental screening into her practice after the community engagement representative from her...

Physician-to-Physician Outreach – Examples from Connecticut

Physician-to-Physician Outreach – Examples from Connecticut

Example 1One pediatric provider called the Help Me Grow Connecticut office after on-site training had been completed to invite staff to a monthly pediatric community provider meeting at the local hospital. The provider believed that other practices in the community...

Continuing Education and Training

Continuing Education and Training

Continuing education and training for physicians and providers are important components of community work. Proper training and regular continuing education ensure that providers are receiving the most up-to-date information regarding scientific advancement, protocol,...

Bright Futures

Bright Futures

Bright Futures is a national health promotion and prevention initiative, led by the American Academy of Pediatrics and supported, in part, by the US Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)​, Maternal and...