Health Maintenance and Counseling

This collection features AFP content deemed current by the AFP online medical editor on health maintenance and counseling and related issues, including dietary and nutrition guidelines, health maintenance in children, lifestyle counseling, and physical activity. New research may affect the interpretation and application of this material. Clinical judgment is advised. Note that AFP content published within the past 12 months is accessible to AAFP members and paid subscribers only.
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Last Update: 04/15/2013

Overview Children and Adolescents Adults Editorials and Letters

Improving Practice Patient Education, Self-Care Other AFP Content

Overview

• The Spiritual Assessment (09/15/2012)
• Updated Dietary Guidelines from the USDA and HHS [Practice Guidelines] (08/01/2011)
• Realistic Approaches to Counseling in the Office Setting (02/15/2009)

Children and Adolescents

• Prevention of Unintentional Childhood Injury (04/01/2013)
• Adolescent Health Screening and Counseling (12/15/2012)
• AAP Releases Clinical Report on the Impact of Social Media on Children, Adolescents, and Families [Practice Guidelines] (04/01/2012)
• Screening for Developmental Delay (09/01/2011)
• Speech and Language Delay in Children (05/15/2011)
• Health Maintenance in School-aged Children: Part I. History, Physical Examination, Screening, and Immunizations (03/15/2011)
• Health Maintenance in School-aged Children: Part II. Counseling Recommendations (03/15/2011)
• Counseling on Early Childhood Concerns: Sleep Issues, Thumb Sucking, Picky Eating, and School Readiness (07/15/2009)
• Child Safety Seat Counseling: Three Keys to Safety (08/01/2005)
• Pregnancy Prevention in Adolescents (10/15/2004)

Adults

• Screening for Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse of Elderly and Vulnerable Adults [Putting Prevention into Practice] (04/15/2013)
• Screening for Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse of Elderly and Vulnerable Adults: Recommendation Statement [U.S. Preventive Services Task Force] (04/15/2013)
• Health Maintenance in Women (01/01/2013)
• The Adult Well Male Examination (05/15/2012)
• Health Maintenance for Postmenopausal Women (09/01/2008)
• Geriatric Screening and Preventive Care (07/15/2008)
• Physical Activity Counseling (04/15/2008)
• Nutritional Assessment and Counseling for Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease (01/15/2006)
• Routine Screening for Depression, Alcohol Problems, and Domestic Violence [Point-of-Care Guides] (05/15/2004)
• The Geriatric Patient: A Systematic Approach to Maintaining Health (02/15/2000)

Editorials and Letters

• New Recommendations on Motor Vehicle Safety for Child Passengers [Editorials] (04/01/2013)
• The Annual Pelvic Examination: Preventive Time Not Well Spent [Editorials] (01/01/2013)
• Do Electronic Health Records Improve Processes and Outcomes of Preventive Care? [Editorials] (05/15/2012)
• Improving the Delivery of Preventive Services to Children [Editorials] (03/15/2011)
• Personalizing Prevention: The U.S. Surgeon General's Family History Initiative [Editorials] (01/01/2005)
• The Growing Mandate for Clinical Preventive Medicine [Editorials] (12/15/2003)

Improving Practice

From Family Practice Management

AAFP's Journal of Practice Improvement

• Encouraging Patients to Change Unhealthy Behaviors With Motivational Interviewing (05/01/2011)
• An Organized Approach to Chronic Disease Care (05/01/2011)
• What You Need to Know About the Medicare Preventive Services Expansion (01/01/2011)
• Integrating a Behavioral Health Specialist Into Your Practice (01/01/2011)
• Preventive Medicine: Giving Patients the Hard Sell (01/01/2008)
• Sports Physicals: A Coding Conundrum (10/01/2006)
• Same-Day E/M Services: What to Do When a Health Plan Won't Pay (04/01/2006)
• Understanding When to Use Modifier -25 (10/01/2004)
• Encounter Forms for Better Preventive Visits (07/01/2003)

Patient Education, Self-Care

• Preventing Injuries: How Can I Keep My Child Safe? (04/01/2013)
• Staying Healthy: Recommendations for Women (01/01/2013)
• What Men Should Know About Staying Healthy (05/15/2012)
• Speech Delay in Children (05/15/2011)

From FamilyDoctor.org

AAFP's Patient Education Resource

• Prevention & Wellness

Other AFP Content

• Behavioral Change Counseling in the Medical Home [Graham Center Policy One-Pagers] (11/15/2007)
• Physicians Who Do Not Follow Screening Guidelines [Curbside Consultation] (01/01/2006)
• Counseling Patients on Mass Media and Health [Medicine and Society] (06/01/2004)
• U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Collection
• Putting Prevention Into Practice Collection