Publications

This publication provides practical, comprehensive guidelines for promoting and improving the health and well-being of our nation's children. Arranged according to

Bright Futures in Practice: Mental Health
This two-volume set considers the mental health of children in a developmental context, presents information on early recognition and intervention for specific mental health problems and mental disorders, and provides tools for use in screening, care management, and health education. Currently Out of Print. Available online in PDF.

Bright Futures in Practice: Nutrition (2nd ed.) This guide provides developmentally appropriate nutrition supervision guidelines for infancy through adolescence. It also presents information on nutrition issues and concerns such as breastfeeding, eating disorders, and iron-deficiency anemia. Tools include nutrition questionnaires, indicators of nutrition risk, nutrition resources, and CDC growth charts. Currently Out of Print. Available online in PDF.

Bright Futures in Practice: Physical Activity
This guide provides developmentally appropriate physical activity supervision guidelines for infancy through adolescence. It presents information on physical activity issues and concerns such as asthma, diabetes mellitus, and obesity. Tools include lists of characteristics of excellent physical activity programs; resources; and CDC growth charts.

Pocket Guides

Bright Futures in Practice: Oral Health—Pocket Guide This pocket guide is designed to help health professionals implement specific oral health guidelines during pregnancy and postpartum, infancy, early childhood, middle childhood, and adolescence.

Bright Futures: Guidelines for Health Supervision of Infants, Children, and Adolescents (2nd ed.) Pocket Guide
This compact quick-reference pocket guide based on the comprehensive Bright Futures guidelines highlights the most important aspects of each recommended health supervision visit and provides easy access to a variety of screening tools.

Bright Futures in Practice: Nutrition Pocket Guide This pocket guide based on the comprehensive nutrition practice guide highlights key aspects of each developmental period and includes tools such as indicators of nutrition risk and tips for promoting food safety.

Family Materials

Bright Futures family materials are colorful and easy to read. They feature key information on a host of health issues.

Bright Futures Family Tip Sheets
Divided into four developmental stages, these sheets are designed to help families by providing information on topics such as social development, child care, safety, healthy eating, and physical activity.

Bright Futures Nutrition Family Fact Sheets (Also available in Spanish)
This series of fact sheets provides developmentally based nutrition information for families in a question-and-answer format.

Your Child's Health Record (Also available in Spanish)
For families with children from birth through age 6, the health record includes space for recording information about a child's growth and development, physical exams, immunizations, and screenings. It also lists issues the family may want to discuss with the health professional.

Bright Futures Encounter Forms for Families (Also available in Spanish)
These age-appropriate forms offer families information about what to expect at each health visit, how to prepare for future visits, and tasks they can accomplish at home and in the community.

Bright Futures Anticipatory Guidance Cards
These tabletop spiral-bound flip cards are designed to facilitate discussion between families and health professionals about promoting the health of children. Out of Print. Available online in HTML.

Bright Futures Activity Book (Also available in Spanish)
This booklet includes fun, health-promoting coloring and drawing activities for children.

Archive of Materials Available Online

Bright Futures Activity Book (Spanish)

Bright Futures in Practice: Oral Health

Bright Futures in Practice: Nutrition (2nd ed.)

Bright Futures: Oral Health Quick Reference Cards

Bright Futures Encounter Forms for Health Professionals (English) (Also available in Spanish)