title: Healthy Habits for Children: Leveraging Existing Evidence to Demonstrate Value.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Andrew C. Persch, PhD, OTR/L, is Assistant Professor, Division of Occupational Therapy, The Ohio State University, Columbus; andrew.persch@osumc.edu.
authors.forename: Andrew C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Persch
authors.affiliation: Amy J. Lamb, OTD, OTR/L, FAOTA, is Assistant Professor and Program Director, Occupational Therapy Program, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti.
authors.forename: Amy J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Lamb
authors.affiliation: Christina A. Metzler is Chief Public Affairs Officer, American Occupational Therapy Association, Bethesda, MD.
authors.forename: Christina A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Metzler
authors.affiliation: Mary A. Fristad, PhD, ABPP, is Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Psychology, and Nutrition, The Ohio State University, Columbus.
authors.forename: Mary A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Fristad
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D009043:Motor Activity; D009788:Occupational Therapy; D012890:Sleep