Nutrition in Infants, Children and Adolescents

September 16, 2020

Activity description

This activity is part of an education series that focuses on clinically relevant topics germane to care coordination and disease management in an effort to reduce (re)admissions and educate health care providers on how best to empower their patients.

Provided by
This activity is provided by OptumHealth Education and UnitedHealth Group Community & State Texas.

Commercial support
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Target Audience

This activity is designed to meet the educational needs of nurses and other health care professionals (HCPs) who care for children.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this educational activity, participants should be able to:

  • Discuss the effects of nutrition on general health
  • Describe good nutrition
  • Explain methods of feeding infants, children, and adolescents 
  • Provide examples of how to take control of nutritional choices
Activity summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 ANCC - Nurses
  • 1.00 Attendance - General Attendance
Activity opens: 
09/09/2020
Activity expires: 
10/16/2020
Event starts: 
09/16/2020 - 1:00pm EDT
Event ends: 
09/16/2020 - 2:00pm EDT
Rating: 
0

Presenter
Neil Levy, DO, MBA, FACOP, FAAP, ABAM
UnitedHealthcare Medical Director
Community Plans of Texas

Dr. Levy graduated from Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with a Bachelor of Arts in 1967, received his degree as an osteopathic physician from the Des Moines University-College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1971, and completed his Master of Business Administration in healthcare with honors at Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio, Texas in 2001. He is board certified in pediatrics and addiction medicine and is a Fellow of both the American College of Osteopathic Pediatricians and the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Dr. Levy worked in private pediatric practice for 38 years with the exception of a three-year appointment as Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine in Chicago, Illinois. He was the Associate Medical Director for the Cook Children’s Health Plan in Fort Worth, Texas, and then became a medical director for Aetna Better Health, Texas. He left Aetna to practice telemedicine with First Stop Health and later transitioned to a medical director position with Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC-BCBS). In May 2019, Dr. Levy become the medical director for the Texas STAR Kids program at UnitedHealthcare.

Dr. Levy volunteers with the Texas Osteopathic Medical Association Physician Health and Rehabilitation Committee, which monitors impaired osteopathic physicians under medical board restrictions in Texas. His has served as the Chairman of the Continuing Education Committee for the American College of Osteopathic Pediatricians and as Co-chair of an American Academy of Pediatrics’ Future of Pediatrics Conference. He has lectured at many national, state and local medical conferences and has also taught on attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder for Shire Pharmaceuticals, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation and Shionogi Pharma, Inc.

Activity planners
Sarah Chart, RN
Vice President
OptumHealth Education
Eden Prairie, MN

Rebecca Gleason, RN, CCM
Activity Manager
OptumHealth Education
Eden Prairie, MN

Disclosures of relevant financial relationships
In accordance with the ACCME Standards for Commercial SupportSM, OptumHealth Education requires all those in the control of activity content to disclose their relevant financial relationships. An individual has a relevant financial relationship if such person (or his/her spouse/partner) has a financial relationship in any amount occurring in the last 12 months with a commercial interest whose products or services relate to the activity content.

OptumHealth Education ensures that the content is independent of commercial bias.

Ms. Chart and Ms. Gleason have indicated that they are employees of and own stock in UnitedHealth Group.

The remaining activity faculty or planners have no financial relationships to disclose.

Accreditation statement
Joint Provider LogoIn support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by OptumHealth Education and UnitedHealth Group Community & State Texas. OptumHealth Education is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the health care team.

Credit designation statements

Nurses
The participant will be awarded up to 1.00 contact hour(s) of credit for attendance and completion of supplemental materials.

Attendance
A certificate of attendance will be provided to learners upon completion of activity requirements, enabling participants to register with licensing boards or associations that have not been preapproved for credits. To apply for credit types not listed above, participants should use the procedure established by the specific organization from which they wish to obtain credit.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 ANCC - Nurses
  • 1.00 Attendance - General Attendance
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Activity date/time: This live webcast will be held on Wednesday, September 16, 2020, from 12–1 p.m. CDT (1-2  p.m. EDT; 11 a.m.–12 p.m. MDT; 10–11 a.m. PDT).

Fees: There are no fees for participating in or receiving credit for this activity.

Questions: Email moreinfo@optumhealtheducation.com