Design and Implementation of the Pediatric Quality Measures Program 2.0.

The Pediatric Quality Measures Program (PQMP) was established in response to the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009, aiming to measure and improve health care quality and outcomes for the nation's children. This brief report describes the PQMP 2.0 and its components.

Recruitment outcomes, challenges and lessons learned: the Healthy Communities Study.

Background: The Healthy Communities Study (HCS) was a national study of community programs and policies that aimed to address childhood obesity; it necessitated recruitment of a large sample of children from communities throughout the United States.

Objective: The HCS aimed to complete visits with an average of 45 children and 12 key informants from at least 120 communities, diverse with respect to region of the country, urbanicity, socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity and intensity of community programs and policies that aim to address childhood obesity.

Methods: Purchased address lists were utilized to select households for recruitment during Wave 1 of the study, and recruitment of families through schools was employed for Wave 2.

Associations of community programs and policies with children's dietary intakes: the Healthy Communities Study.

Background: The impact of community-based obesity prevention efforts on child nutrition has not been adequately studied.

Objective: Examine relationships between number, type and intensity of community programs and policies (CPPs) and child nutrition.

Methods: An observational study of 5138 children (grades K-8) in 130 U.

Community characteristics modify the relationship between obesity prevention efforts and dietary intake in children: the Healthy Communities Study.

Background: The influence of community characteristics on the effectiveness of childhood obesity prevention efforts is not well understood.

Objective: Examine the interaction of community characteristics with the relationship between community programmes and policies (CPPs) and dietary intake.

Methods: An observational study of 5138 children in grades K-8 in 130 US communities was conducted in 2013-2015.

Objectives of community policies and programs associated with more healthful dietary intakes among children: findings from the Healthy Communities Study.

Background: Rational planning of community policies and programs (CPPs) to prevent obesity requires an understanding of CPP objectives associated with dietary behaviours.

Objective: The objective of the study is to identify objectives of CPPs associated with healthful dietary behaviours.

Methods: An observational study identified 4026 nutrition CPPs occurring in 130 communities in the prior 6 years.

The longitudinal relationship between community programmes and policies to prevent childhood obesity and BMI in children: the Healthy Communities Study.

Background: Although a national epidemic of childhood obesity is apparent, how community-based programmes and policies (CPPs) affect this outcome is not well understood.

Objectives: This study examined the longitudinal relationship between the intensity of CPPs in 130 communities over 10 years and body mass index (BMI) of resident children. We also examined whether these relationships differ by key family or community characteristics.

Weight Status Measures Collected in the Healthy Communities Study: Protocols and Analyses.

The Healthy Communities Study is one of the largest studies to assess the relationship between characteristics of community programs and policies to prevent childhood obesity and obesity-related outcomes. The purpose of this paper is to describe the protocol that was developed for collecting the anthropometric data for the study and the procedures for analyzing the data. Data were collected from 2013 to 2015 and analyses will be completed by mid-2016.