Bright Futures Guidelines and Pocket Guide

​This section provides an overview of the comprehensive approach to health supervision, contributors, acknowledgements, In Memoriam and an introduction to the 4th Edition.

• Introduction
  
  

This section features an introduction and 12 chapters on key health promotion themes to be aware of in each stage of child development. ​

• Introduction to Themes
• Promoting Lifelong Health for Families and Communities
• Promoting Family Support
• Promoting Health for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs
• Promoting Healthy Development
• Promoting Mental Health​
• Promoting Healthy Weight
• Promoting Healthy Nutrition
• Promoting Physical Activity
• Promoting Oral Health
• Promoting Healthy Sexual Development and Sexuality
• Promoting the Healthy and Safe Use of Social Media
• Promoting Safety and Injury Prevention
  
  

This section includes an introduction, evidence and rationale and 4 chapters providing detailed health supervision and anticipatory guidance for the 31 age-based recommended health supervision visits.​

• Introduction to the Health Supervision Visits
• Evidence and Rationale
• Infancy Visits
• Early Childhood Visits
• Middle Childhood Visits
• Adolescence Visits
  
  

This section includes all of the appendices and the book index.

• Appendices
  
  

The Pocket Guide for the 4th Edition summarizes elements of each visit in a handy 7- by 4-inch booklet, ideal for quick reference by providers on the go. With all the essentials, the Pocket Guide summarizes each visit's developmental observation, physical examination, medical screening, immunizations and anticipatory guidance. Preview it in the PDF below.

• Bright Futures Guidelines Pocket Guide
  
  

The Bright Futures/AAP Periodicity Schedule presents, in chart form, the screenings, assessments, physical examinations, procedures, and timing of anticipatory guidance recommended for each age-related visit in the Bright Futures Guidelines, 4th Edition. Explanatory notes and a key to the chart provide important details and references that support the recommendations. The Periodicity Schedule can be helpful to many audiences, including state Medicaid agencies, insurance companies, public health clinics and pediatric practices.