Healthy Care for Healthy Kids was an 18-month initiative designed to improve clinical practice in 18 participating primary care practices, spanning the spectrum of primary prevention, early identification, and treatment for children with overweight. Secondary objectives were to create enduring materials for practices and produce data to document program effectiveness.
Healthy Care for Healthy Kids focused on the care of children 0-12 years old. NICHQ and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSMA) worked to accomplish these objectives in three phases. The long term goal of The Healthy Care for Healthy Kids Collaborative was to improve the care delivered for populations of patients at risk for overweight or who are overweight and to provide a framework for practices to participate in primary prevention.
