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KidsHealth® Online Support Center Available to UnitedHealthcare Community Plan Members Providing Easy, Fun and Interactive Access to Health Information KidsHealth Support Center creates learning atmosphere for kids, young adults and their parents with more than 200 videos and 10,000 written or spoken articles on a variety of health and wellness topics

OMAHA (March XX, 2015) – The KidsHealth Support Center is available for UnitedHealthcare Community Plan members to ensure they have accurate, timely and reliable health information through an easy, fun, safe and interactive online environment.

The KidsHealth Support Center at www.UHCCommunityPlan.com/NEkids provides easy-to-use health and wellness information to children, teens, and parents. Members can find more than 200 videos and 10,000 written or spoken articles in the center, including, asthma, diabetes, nutrition and fitness.

The KidsHealth Support Center features separate sections designed specifically for kids, teens and parents, with each section presenting facts in a clear, colorful style that makes learning easier and more fun. It also provides families with perspective, advice, and comfort about a wide range of physical, emotional, and behavioral issues that affect children and teens including depression, eating disorders and bullying. The Support Center is available in English and Spanish and can be accessed on either a mobile device or a desktop computer. The KidsHealth Support Center is created by Nemours, one of the largest nonprofit pediatric health organizations in the country.

”We know UnitedHealthcare is dedicated to helping people live healthier lives, and we are thrilled to partner with them to bring our award-winning educational content to their members,” said Pediatrician Neil Izenberg, MD, Founder and Chief Executive of KidsHealth. “Through the KidsHealth Support Center, UnitedHealthcare is providing its members with free, doctor- approved, health information anytime they need it. And, by providing content for kids and teens in addition to parents, UnitedHealthcare is encouraging the kind of family communications and engagement that we know leads to better outcomes and healthier families.”

“With the KidsHealth Support Center, we are able to provide our members with valuable tools and resources to access trusted and accurate information on wellness as well as help kids and families live happier and healthier lives,” said Kathy Mallatt, CEO, UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Nebraska. “This is a great opportunity for children, teens and parents to understand a variety of conditions through a comfortable, fun and safe interactive environment featuring articles, animations and games.”

According to Pew Research Internet Project, 77% of people who sought health information online say they began their last session using a search engine. According to the same study, 59% of all U.S. adults say they have searched online for health information in the last year.

For more information, visit www.UHCCommunityPlan.com/NEkids

About KidsHealth® KidsHealth creates plain language online, print, and video to engage, education and motivate families about a wide range of health and parenting issues in English and Spanish. KidsHealth has a physician-directed, professional editorial staff  and is the largest resource of children’s health, behavioral, and developmental information created for three distinct audiences: parents, kids, and teens. KidsHealth also creates KidsHealth in the Classroom, a free website for educators featuring standards-based health curricula, activities, and handouts. KidsHealth is part of Nemours, one of the nation’s largest nonprofits devoted to children’s health. For more information about KidsHealth, please visit KidsHealth.org/intro.

About UnitedHealthcare UnitedHealthcare is dedicated to helping people nationwide live healthier lives by simplifying the health care experience, meeting consumer health and wellness needs, and sustaining trusted relationships with care providers. The company offers the full spectrum of health benefit programs for individuals, employers, military service members, retirees and their families, and Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, and contracts directly with more than 850,000 physicians and care professionals, and 6,000 hospitals and other care facilities nationwide. Globally, UnitedHealthcare serves 45 million people in health benefits and is one of the businesses of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), a diversified Fortune 50 health and well-being company. For more information, visit UnitedHealthcare at www.uhc.com or follow @myUHC on Twitter.