Children's Health Survey Series: Children's Health Behaviors Survey Report
The Healthier Jupiter Children’s Health Survey Report brings together up-to-date information on elementary aged-children’s health, based on the Healthier Jupiter Children’s Health Behaviors 2019 Survey. The purpose of this report is to serve as an educational tool for parents and to help facilitate a conversation between parents and physicians about their child’s health behaviors.
Encouraging children to develop healthy habits is crucial for protecting their health as they grow and mature. Children who build healthy habits at a young age are more likely to maintain these habits as adolescents and adults. Parents can help their children build healthy habits by structuring play time, meal time, snacks, bedtime, etc. to include pediatrician recommended best practices and behaviors. Check out the following from the Children’s Health Behavior Survey results.
You can download a PDF version of the report here.
If you are interested in learning more about promoting healthy behaviors in your family check out these great resources:
Safe and Healthy Kids and Teens from the Centers for Disease Control
Palm Beach County’s Children Services Council Every Parent App
Children’s Health Survey Series: Screen Time and Children’s Health
In our new “Children’s Health Survey Series” we will be posting several articles that share the findings from Children’s Health Behaviors Survey and provide recommendations to parents and families to improve some health behaviors. In 2018-2019, Healthier Jupiter committee members worked with Dr. Ivy Faske, local pediatrician and member of our former Advisory Council, to create a health behaviors survey. The purpose of the survey was to be an educational tool for parents and to facilitate conversation between parents and physicians about their child’s health behaviors. Healthier Jupiter committee members created a short survey and Dr. Faske helped to recruit 3 additional physicians: Dr. Sarrie Katz, Dr. Lynda Bideau, and Dr. Sam Barsky. If you have any additional questions on the Children’s Behavioral Health Survey please contact Healthier Jupiter’s Project Director, Joanna Peluso for more details - 561-263-7579.
The Children’s Health Survey Series is written by Kendra Gibbs a local Jupiter resident who recently graduated from Franklin & Marshall College with a degree in public health. Kendra has many interests in the field of public health, including food (in)security, children’s health and communication.
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