1. Change Starts with You! Ideas on how to make changes in your own clinic

2. Well Child Checks Calculate and plot the BMI Assess the patient’s risk –Patient and family history –Parental obesity –Patient’s activity level Assess patient and family’s attitude and motivation

3. Calculate and Plot BMI Calculate the BMI of every child > 2yo at their well child check –BMI = Weight (kg) [Height (m)] 2 Plot the BMI on the standard BMI Chart Explain the child’s BMI and what it means to the parents and child

5. Handouts for Parents Check out ** for a printable prescription for health for your patients Check out ** for a printable “Be Healthy” handouts for children and parents Jennifer Yu: Add links Jennifer Yu: Add links

6. Jennifer Yu: Add pictures of Rx for health, Be healthy handout Jennifer Yu: Add pictures of Rx for health, Be healthy handout

7. Community Resources Discover the unique resources in your community –Weight and Wellness Clinics –YMCA/local gym locations –Parks –Farmer’s markets Create a list of resources and give an in-service for your fellow residents Jennifer Yu: Any other ideas? Jennifer Yu: Any other ideas?

8. Reach out and….JUMP! The Reach out and Read program has done a fantastic job of promoting childhood literacy by handing out free books to children at their well child checks. Consider handing out Jump Ropes at well child checks to promote exercise and fun

9. Waiting Room Make-Over Consider giving your clinic’s waiting room a health make-over –Posters promoting a healthy lifestyle, appropriate portion sizes –Health magazines for the parents Handouts on recipes for healthy snacks (which you can print from the YPConnection) –Display soda bottles filled with sugar to demonstrate how much sugar is in each drink Jennifer Yu: Other interesting ideas? -link to Kristina’s handout on healthy snacks! Jennifer Yu: Other interesting ideas? -link to Kristina’s handout on healthy snacks!

10. Legendary QI Projects Jennifer Yu: Need to look up past, successful projects - tobacco cessation? Examples of Immunewise projects? Jennifer Yu: Need to look up past, successful projects - tobacco cessation? Examples of Immunewise projects?

11. Quality Improvement Projects (QI) Give out jump ropes, calculate BMI each visit, monitor for any changes in BMI/Weight % Monitor who uses the Rx for health, any changes in BMI/Weight % Poll pts/parents using a questionnaire to determine the type of information they would find helpful to improve their child’s health from a obesity perspective Organize a “Let’s Move!” 5K run/walk for families Give a pre- and post-test for patients and parents and during the visits, provide nutritional advice Jennifer Yu: Need more QI project ideas. Templates for projects? Jennifer Yu: Need more QI project ideas. Templates for projects?

12. Obesity QI Database The Grand Plan: to create a national database of SOMSRFT QI Projects Location: the YP Connection –Insert link here Who: You! All SOMSRFT members will be able to upload their QI projects and ideas