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ICAAP
COCAN, co-chaired by Drs. Veena
Ramaiah (University of Chicago) and Kathy Swafford (Southern Illinois
University), serves as a forum to educate and inform pediatricians, other
health care providers, educators, and community service providers who are
concerned with issues relating to physical, sexual, and emotional abuse and
neglect of children and adolescents. COCAN develops and advocates for
appropriate policy recommendations, programs, and resources to enhance the
physical and mental health and well-being of children experiencing abuse
and/or neglect and their families.
Current COCAN goals include:
- collaboration
with organizations in advocacy for children and their families;
- identification
of professional development opportunities on current issues of child
abuse and neglect
- recommendation
and comment on current and pending policy and legislation related to
committee mission/goals
The next COCAN meeting will be
held on Tuesday, April 18 from 12-1:30PM, at the ICAAP office (1400 W.
Hubbard, Chicago) with a call-in option available. To receive the meeting
agenda and other details, or if you would like more information about the
committee, please contact Elise Groenewegen at egroenewegen@illinoisaap.com
or 312/733-1026 x 204.
AAP
The
purpose of this program is to promote advocacy for children and advance the
field of community pediatrics. Up to 8 accredited pediatric residency
programs will be provided with a maximum of $4,500 each to implement a 2-
or 3-day community health and advocacy educational program focusing on
resident education, faculty development and building community partnerships
for child health and advocacy. The application and guidelines are available
here. Applications must be submitted by Wednesday,
May 17. Please contact Jeanine Donnelly at jdonnelly@aap.org
with any questions.
AAP
AAP
President Dr. Fernando Stein released a statement in response to President Trump’s
executive order that would stop all work to defend the Clean Power Plan, a
rule limiting carbon emissions from existing fossil fuel-fired power
plants. These plants generate approximately one-third of US greenhouse
pollution. Children are particularly vulnerable to environmental changes
because they breathe faster, spend more time outside, and have developing
lungs. There are significant child health impacts of climate change and the
AAP and ICAAP are committed to working to address this public health issue.
Hands & Voices
The
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Early Hearing Detection and Intervention
(EHDI) program works to empower pediatric clinicians with resources and
information regarding local support services that broaden their scope of
knowledge, and further their ability to provide comprehensive care to
families who have a child identified as deaf or hard of hearing.
Guide By Your Side™ (GBYS) is a family support
program that is designed to meet the unique family support and outreach
needs of your state/province. It follows the mission and vision of Hands
& Voices™, which is to provide unbiased support to families with
children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Specially trained parents of
children who are deaf or hard of hearing work as "Guides"
directly with families who have just learned of their child's hearing
condition, or who have older children and would benefit from the unique
support that comes from someone else who has walked this path before, and
can share their direct experience and wisdom.
ICAAP
13
Reasons Why, a newly released Netflix series, is a fictional story
about a teen who commits suicide. Talking points about the series were developed by
The Jed Foundation and Suicide Awareness Voices of Education (SAVE) with
Netflix to encourage open dialogue and communication between youth and
parents, physicians, and mental health professionals. Communication is
vital in preventing a suicide tragedy and getting youth to help early.
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's
Hospital of Chicago and Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine
The
Division of Academic General Pediatrics at Ann & Robert H. Lurie
Children's Hospital of Chicago and Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine
is seeking a full-time board certified/eligible pediatrician in its Section
of Primary Care. For more information, please see the job description.
WQAD-TV
A
critical shortage of nurses in Illinois is causing children with lifetime
needs to stay in the hospital longer than they need to. According the Pam
Kelly with Preferred Home Healthcare in Galva off 945 S.E. 2nd, there are
not enough nurses to go around between hospitals, hospice and in home
healthcare. "Imagine as a grandparent or parent and seeing a child on
a tracheotomy and you cannot touch them because they are in an ICU unit and
you can't visit them on a daily basis. It's not right," said Kelly. READ
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WIBQ-FM
An
estimated one in 68 children has an autism diagnosis, and communities
around Illinois are "Lighting It Up Blue" to show support during
World Autism Month in April. This is the 10th year for the global
observance, and Tamara Golden, field development manager for Autism Speaks
in Illinois, says the focus has grown to build understanding and acceptance
of people with autism and their loved ones. READ
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HealthDay News
The
yearly flu shot could prevent most flu-related deaths among children and
teenagers, a new U.S. government study estimates. Researchers found that
about three-quarters of U.S. kids who died of flu complications between
2010 and 2014 were unvaccinated before they fell ill. If all children got
their yearly flu shot, 65 percent of those deaths could be prevented, the
researchers estimated. READ
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Medical News Today
A
team from Bristol's School of Experimental Psychology aimed to find out
whether six basic facial expressions differing in intensity are challenging
for young people with autism to recognize. Researchers gave 63 children and
adolescents with an ASC diagnosis and 64 without a diagnosis, an
internet-based test of emotion recognition. The two groups, aged between
6-16 years-old, were presented with "happy," "sad,"
"surprised," "disgusted," "scared" and "angry"
facial expressions and asked to select a label that matched the expression.
READ
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By Christina Nava
What
do patients experience when they go to your practice? Have you ever looked
at online reviews just to see what kind of feedback you've received? If
not, maybe now is the time to start. First impressions can determine
whether positive or negative reviews are left online, so it's important to
be mindful of the way your practice is being perceived. From the countless
experiences I've had seeing different medical specialists, one positive one
in particular stands out. READ
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News-Medical.net
A
new educational game to improve communication between medical professionals
and children has been launched by Focus Games Ltd. Doctor Jargon
(Paediatrics) is the first in the Dr Jargon series, designed to encourage
health professionals to use simple, jargon-free language when talking to
child patients about medical conditions, treatments and their health. READ
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Reuters
Kids
with autism who spend a lot of time with their grandmothers may get
diagnosed with the disorder at a younger age, a small study suggests.
"This finding is incredibly important, as these individuals have the
potential to lower the age of diagnosis," senior study author Joseph
Buxbaum of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York said by
email. "Early diagnosis means early intervention, which is critical
for improving treatment outcomes." READ
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