Healthy Habits for Children: Leveraging Existing Evidence to Demonstrate Value

Healthy habits is a psychoeducational construct that refers to the preventive practice of analyzing and then adapting the sleep, physical, and eating routines of children in ways that enhance health and well-being. This approach is based on evidence that demonstrates the positive therapeutic value o...

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Published in:The American journal of occupational therapy 2015-07, Vol.69 (4), p.6904090010p1-6904090010p5
Main Authors: Persch, Andrew C, Lamb, Amy J, Metzler, Christina A, Fristad, Mary A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescents
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Autism
Cerebral Palsy
Child
Child health
Childhood Needs
Community Relations
Dental Health
Dentistry
Down Syndrome
Evidence
Feeding Behavior
Forecasts and trends
Health behavior
Health Insurance
Health Needs
Health Promotion
Health Services
Humans
Hygiene
Management
Mental Health
Modeling (Psychology)
Motor Activity
Occupational Therapy
Patient outcomes
Psychotherapy
Resistance (Psychology)
School Health Services
Sleep
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Summary:Healthy habits is a psychoeducational construct that refers to the preventive practice of analyzing and then adapting the sleep, physical, and eating routines of children in ways that enhance health and well-being. This approach is based on evidence that demonstrates the positive therapeutic value of engaging in proactive, healthful behaviors. In addressing healthy habits, occupational therapy practitioners have an opportunity to contribute to the Triple Aim of health care reform while demonstrating the value of occupational therapy in educational, medical, community, and other settings.
ISSN:0272-9490
1943-7676
DOI:10.5014/ajot.2015.694001