Population Health
Helping CHOC achieve its mission to make Orange County the healthiest county in the nation.
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Population Health

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Every parent in Orange County wants their child to have access to high-quality healthcare, wellness programs and education. To make this equity-driven vision a reality, the CHOC Population Health department brings together physicians, healthcare workers, schools, nonprofit organizations and volunteers to dedicate resources and expertise that improve health outcomes for local children and families, especially those in our most vulnerable communities. From board-certified pediatric nurses providing mobile healthcare services in underserved neighborhoods to school-based coping resources teaching kids how to relieve stress, we provide services to forward our mission of ensuring every Orange County child can get comprehensive, high-quality healthcare.

Alongside CHOC’s Population Health Research Program, few organizations offer the variety of proactive and evidence-based community health programs that we proudly do. We seek to support whole-child and whole-family health by aiding many wellness areas, including physical and mental health, family relationships, academics, nutrition, transition to adult care and more.

CHOC Population Health programs advance our goal to make Orange County the healthiest county in the U.S. Whether you want to explore our programs for your family, school or community, help in our growth, volunteer or donate, there are many ways to help make this goal a reality.

Population Health Programs

The Adolescent to Adult Bridge program helps patients and families transition from pediatric to adult healthcare. Supporting this transition equips adolescents and their families with the confidence and education to be prepared as they move from a child-centered model of care to an adult-focused approach.

Adolescent to Adult Bridge Program (A2B)
Our Adopt-a-School program connects CHOC Primary Care Network practices with specific schools to expand the reach to medical and wellness access. Support includes educational assistance, fitness and nutrition, public health support, career guidance and more.
Adopt-a-School
The Care Coordination Redesign team works with CHOC clinics to identify opportunities to improve patient care environments so that these facilities can offer better, more efficient, higher quality care to all patients.

Clinic Care Coordination Redesign
Our program gives school nurses access to CHOC electronic medical records, allowing them to view a summary of a student’s medical information (with parental consent). With this information, school nurses can participate as a valued member of the care team.

CHOC Electronic Medical Record/Single Plan of Care Access

CHOC’s Community Education department provides evidence-based programs that promote the health and well-being of students. Trained community educators offer group talks on topics such as healthy choices, career building, physical education, mindfulness and stress management.

Community Education

CHOC offers families a 24/7 nurse advice line at 844–GET–CHOC to provide free access to professional medical advice. It is the only service of its kind in California and is monitored by CHOC RNs with years of pediatric nursing experience. In appropriate clinical situations, the Advice Nurses can connect a patient and family to an on-demand telehealth visit as well.

1-844-GET CHOC Nurse Advice Line

The Help Me Grow team and call center connect caregivers to services that improve the development, behavior and learning of children under age nine in Orange County and the surrounding communities.

Help Me Grow Orange County

The OC Children’s Screening Registry is an online database that helps healthcare and community physicians locate developmental and adverse childhood experiences screening data for individual children. It also provides links to referral resources for kids identified with special needs and enables documentation for county-level screening rates and risks for children in Orange County.

OC Children’s Screening Registry

Telehealth services offer primary care, specialty care and speech and language therapy virtual visits with a CHOC provider for patients via a smartphone, tablet or computer. Family/legal guardians and patients can take these appointments from home or anywhere with internet access, providing them with care in their most comfortable setting.

Telehealth Services

Wellness on Wheels is a mobile neighborhood and community-based pediatric wellness program that provides underserved families with access to high-quality pediatric healthcare, focusing primarily on asthma, obesity and mental health. WoW also regularly participates in health and resource fairs at local schools and community sites.

Wellness on Wheels (WoW)

The Orange County Department of Education (OCDE), CHOC and generous donors have teamed up with local school districts to create WellSpaces on school campuses. These tranquil spaces allow students to relax, learn mindfulness, and develop self-regulation and coping skills.

WellSpaces

Population Health Research

At the CHOC Research Institute, we conduct population health research that addresses health outcomes of the pediatric and adolescent populations in Orange County and beyond, so that we can develop preventative care and intervention models to proactively improve health disparities.

Explore ongoing Population Health Research at CHOC.

Support Population Health Programming

Population Health Volunteers

The children, families, schools and communities that participate in CHOC’s Population Health programs thrive thanks to the volunteers who offer their time and talent to move our mission forward. Learn how you can get involved in Population Health and other programs at CHOC. Attend an upcoming volunteer information session to learn more.

Donate to CHOC Population Health Programming

The Population Health programs at CHOC wouldn’t exist without our valued donors. By donating, you will play a key role in CHOC’s mission to make Orange County the healthiest county in the nation, starting with the health of our children. Learn more about how you can give today.

Population Health Stories

woman breastfeeds her baby
Healthcare
AAP updates breastfeeding policy for the first time in a decade

In its new guidance, the AAP calls on pediatricians to support parents to breastfeed for two years or more for health benefits.

CHOC logo  CHOC Pediatrica

Child hugs knees and cries
Healthcare
CHOC awarded $2.3-million grant to study how toxic stress and unpredictability in the early environment affects neurodevelopment

CHOC, in partnership with UC Irvine & Chapman University, received a grant to screen patients for adverse childhood experiences.

CHOC logo  CHOC Pediatrica

Young boy sitting alone with sad feeling at school
Diabetes
CHOC leads first ED study on adverse childhood experiences and prevalence of food and housing insecurity

CHOC’s Emergency Department is leading a study on how food and housing insecurity impacts children’s health and environment.

CHOC logo  CHOC Pediatrica