title: Healthe Kids: an assessment of program performance and participation.
abstract: Many states in the United States have mandated school health screenings for early identification and referral to professional services for a set of health conditions. Healthe Kids, a community-based program, began offering school-based health screenings to Missouri elementary schools in March 2007. The purpose of the article is to provide a description of the Healthe Kids program, including the team members, screening process, and the program's underlying technology. Further, we present data gathered during the first 5 years of the Healthe Kids program in Kansas City, Missouri, and describe improvements to the program from lessons learned and implications to school nurses and health care delivery.
authors.affiliation: Cerner Corporation, Kansas City, MO, USA bdean@cerner.com.
authors.forename: Bonnie B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Dean
authors.affiliation: Cerner Corporation, Culver City, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Sylvia L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Kindermann
authors.affiliation: Cerner Corporation, Kansas City, MO, USA Cerner Corporation, Culver City, CA, USA Healthe Kids Institute, Kansas City, MO, USA College of Nursing, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Tabetha
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Carson
authors.affiliation: Healthe Kids Institute, Kansas City, MO, USA.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gavin
authors.affiliation: Healthe Kids Institute, Kansas City, MO, USA.
authors.forename: Melissa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Frerking
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Martha Dewey
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Bergren
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003153:Community Health Services; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D037141:Mandatory Programs; D008403:Mass Screening; D008923:Missouri; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012572:School Health Services; D012573:School Nursing
keywords: early childhood; early intervention; electronic health records; elementary; risk identification; screening