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 A key strength of Bright Futures is the strong partnerships that have developed among many diverse agencies, groups, and organizations to dissemination information about Bright Futures and to promote the adoption of Bright Futures principles and recommendations. The following organizations are among the many groups that are collaborating in the Bright Futures initiative. View a topic by clicking on its title in the list below: www.ambpeds.org
The Academic Pediatric Association (APA) is dedicated to improving the health of all children and adolescents through leadership in education of child health professionals, research and dissemination of knowledge, patient care, and advocacy in partnership with children, families and communities. APA administers the Bright Futures Young Investigator Award Program which funds projects aimed at enhancing the effectiveness and evidence base for health supervision in primary care, consistent with the Bright Futures: Guidelines for Health Supervision for Infants, Children and Adolescents, 3rd Edition. With funding from the Health Resources and Services Administration/Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB), the American Academy of Pediatrics partnered with APA to sponsor up to 6 awards to support studies using Bright Futures Guidelines, 3rd Edition and the recently released Bright Futures Tool and Resource Kit. This is the third cycle of funding specifically focused on evidence based health supervision. www.aafp.org/online/en/home.html
AAFP is a national medical organization representing family physicians, family practice residents, and medical students nationwide. AAFP’s mission is to preserve and promote the science and art of family medicine and to ensure high-quality, cost-effective health care for patients of all ages. www.aapd.org AAPD is an organization representing the specialty of pediatric dentistry. Members serve as primary care providers for millions of children from infancy through adolescence, providing advanced, specialty-level care for infants, children, adolescents, and patients with special health care needs in private offices, clinics, and hospital settings.
www.aapa.org
AAPA is a national, professional association providing support and advocacy for physician assistants. AAPA represents physician assistants across all medical and surgical specialties in all 50 states, as well as the District of Columbia, Guam, the armed forces, and the federal services. AAPA’s mission is to ensure professional growth, personal excellence, and recognition of physician assistants, and to support their efforts and enable them to improve the quality, accessibility and cost-effectiveness of patient-centered health care.
www.ama-assn.org
AMA helps doctors help patients by uniting physicians nationwide to work on the most important professional and public health issues. AMA provides membership for physicians, residents, medical students and group practices. AMA’s mission has been the same since established in 1847, to promote the art and science of medicine and the betterment of public health. Core values are leadership, excellence and integrity and ethical behavior.
www.amchp.org
AMCHP is a national resource, partner and advocate for state public health leaders and others working to improve the health of women, children, youth and families, including those with special care needs. AMCHP’s members directly serve all women and children nationwide, and strive to improve the health of all women, infants, children and adolescents, including those with special health care needs, by administering critical public health education and screening services, and coordinating preventive, primary and specialty care. www.astho.org
ASTHO is the national nonprofit organization representing state and territorial public health agencies of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and the District of Columbia. www.cmwf.org
This is a private foundation that aims to promote a high performing health care system that achieves better access, improved quality, and greater efficiency, particularly for society's most vulnerable, including low-income people, the uninsured, minority Americans, young children, and elderly adults. The Fund carries out this mandate by supporting independent research on health care issues and making grants to improve health care practice and policy. The Commonwealth Fund supported the year-long pilot project, Bright Futures Training Intervention With Office Staff (BFTI) and as an outgrowth of this pilot project, The Commonwealth Fund supported the development of a 3-volume set of Training and Implementation materials entitled Tools for Working with Practices to Improve Preventive Care Using Bright Futures. www.familyvoices.org Family Voices is a national, grassroots clearinghouse for information and education about the health care of children with special health needs. Family Voices monitors current public and private sector health care changes that affect children and families through the collective efforts of a volunteer coordinator in every state, 10 regional coordinators, and a small staff working in several locations around the country. www.ihs.gov IHS, an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is responsible for providing federal health services to American Indians and Alaska Natives. The provision of health services to members of federally recognized tribes grew out of the special government-to-government relationship between the federal government and Indian tribes. The IHS is the principal federal health care provider and health advocate for American Indians and Alaska Natives, and its goal is to raise their health status to the highest possible level. www.nashp.org NASHP is an independent academy of state health policymakers working together to identify emerging issues, develop policy solutions, and improve state health policy and practice. NASHP provides a forum for constructive, nonpartisan work across branches and agencies of state government on critical health issues facing states. www.nachc.com NACHC is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to enhance and expand access to quality, community-responsive health care for America’s medically underserved and uninsured. In serving its mission, NACHC represents the nation’s network of more than 1,000 Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) which serve 16 million people through 5,000 sites located in all of the 50 states, Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam. www.naccho.org The national organization representing local health departments, NACCHO works to support efforts that protect and improve the health of all people and all communities by promoting national policy, developing resources and programs, seeking health equity, and supporting effective local public health practice and systems. http://www.napnap.org/index.aspx A nonprofit specialty nursing organization devoted to improving the quality of infant and child health care, NAPNAP represents practitioners working with populations across the pediatric spectrum, including infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. The pediatric nurse practitioner provides an advanced level of care to children and their families, including counseling on normal development and behavioral problems, the prevention of illness and preventable injuries, and care of children with acute or chronic conditions.
www.nasbhc.org NASBHC is dedicated to advancing national and state policies, programs and funding that sustain, grow and integrate school-based health care into the nation’s health care and education systems. NASBHC’s mission is to improve the health status of children and youth by advancing and advocating for school-based health care. Their vision is that all children and adolescents are healthy and achieving at their fullest potential.
www.nasn.org NASN is an association that supports professional development of school nurses and serves as a voice for optimal student health. NASN represents school nurses on national and federal committees which affect health services for children. NASN’s mission is to support the health and educational success of children and youth by developing and providing leadership to advance school nursing practice by specialized registered nurses. www.wbgh.org NBGH is the national voice of large employers dedicated to finding innovative and forward-thinking solutions to the nation's most important health care issues. www.medicalhomeinfo.org The National Center works cooperatively with federal agencies, particularly MCHB, to ensure that children with special needs have access to a medical home. The National Center provides support to physicians, families, and other medical and non-medical providers who care for children with special needs. www.ncsl.org
NCSL is a bipartisan organization that advocates for the interests of state governments before Congress and federal agencies on behalf of the legislators and staffs of the nation's 50 states, its commonwealths, and territories. NCSL provides research, technical assistance, and opportunities for policymakers to exchange ideas on the most pressing state issues. http://www.nga.org/cms/home.html NGA is the collective voice of the nation's governors. NGA provides governors and their senior staff members with services that range from representing states on Capitol Hill and before the Administration on key federal issues to developing policy reports on innovative state programs and hosting networking seminars for state government executive branch officials. www.nhsa.org NHSA is a private nonprofit membership organization dedicated exclusively to meeting the needs of Head Start children and their families. It represents more than 1 million children, 200,000 staff, and 2,700 Head Start programs in the United States. The Association provides support for the entire Head Start community by advocating for policies that strengthen services to Head Start children and their families; by providing extensive training and professional development to Head Start staff; and by developing and disseminating research, information, and resources that enrich Head Start program delivery. www.mchoralhealth.org This is a national organization dedicated to oral health promotion, disease prevention, and care with the goal of building oral health into existing health programs and ensuring that oral health is included where appropriate in other state health initiatives.
www.nmanet.org NMA’s mission is to be the nation’s voice for parity and justice in medicine and the elimination of disparities in health. NMA represents more than 30,000 African-American physicians and the patients they serve, with nearly 112 affiliated societies throughout the nation and U.S. territories. www.pta.org The largest volunteer child advocacy organization in the United States, the National PTA is a nonprofit association of parents, educators, students, and other citizens active in their schools and communities. www.med.nyu.edu This is one of the nation's premier centers of excellence in health care, scientific research, and medical education. The school has innovative programs in cyber learning, evidence-based practice, humanistic medicine, and urban and global health. www.samhsa.gov An agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, SAMHSA’s mission is to build resilience and facilitate recovery for people with or at risk for mental or substance use disorders. |
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