This Partners For Kids’ toolkit is designed to help health care professionals educate families on how to prevent and manage constipation at home and to reduce emergency department visits related to constipation. The toolkit includes a list of resources for providers and patients including prescribing guidelines, educational webinars, helpful handouts and more. The information is updated regularly based on current clinical guidelines, recommendations, and data.
Resources for Health Care Professionals:
- Constipation Guidelines for Primary Care Providers
- Chronic Constipation: Emergency Department and Inpatient Clinical Pathway
- Constipation Management in Primary Care Webinar
Resources for Patients:
- What is Constipation?
- Soiling (Encopresis)
- Healthy Habits SMART Handout & Action Plan
- How to do a Bowel Cleanout (Ages 1-2)
- How to do a Bowel Cleanout (Ages 2-4)
- How to do a Bowel Cleanout (Ages 5-10)
- How to do a Bowel Cleanout (Ages 10+)
- Clear Liquid Diet for Cleanout
- Maintenance Therapy After a Cleanout
- MiraLax FAQ
- Constipation in Kids Video Series
- Dayton Children’s Hospital Constipation Resources
- When To Be Concerned About Constipation Blog
If you have questions about these resources, please contact Angela Eberhart at eberharta@ChildrensDayton.org or Kahle Tobias at tobiask@ChildrensDayton.org.