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Through this web-based activity,
pediatricians in primary practice will improve frequency of performing
assessment of weight status, healthy lifestyle counseling, and clinical
care actions based on identification of overweight/obesity. Improvements in
care will be achieved through benchmarking and implementation of changes in
practice. Participants are guided by CME in patient counseling and linking
patients to community resources. Participation in the project is for
approximately four months and includes completion of QI Basics training,
completion of three CME training modules (Nutrition for Obesity
Prevention and Treatment*, Physical Activity Guidelines and Counseling for
Children and Adolescents**, and Connecting Patients to Community
Resources**), and participation in QI activities and chart review
reporting. This project is supported by funding from the Otho S. A. Sprague
Memorial Institute and the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family
Services. Register here. Contact Anna Carvlin, Manager of
Obesity Prevention Initiatives for more information at acarvlin@illinoisaap.com
or 312-733-1026 ext 214.
 The Illinois Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics is
accredited by the Illinois State Medical Society (ISMS) to provide
continuing medical education for physicians.
*The Illinois Chapter, American Academy of
Pediatrics designates this enduring material for a maximum of 2.75 AMA
PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit
commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
**The Illinois Chapter, American Academy of
Pediatrics designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.25 AMA
PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit
commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
ICAAP
ICAAP
will be presenting two free CME-approved webinars over the lunch hour for
physicians, health care providers, and those interested in the effects of
climate change on their patients' health.
Webinar 1* – Wednesday, May 24, 2017 from
noon to 1pm
The first webinar Preparing Pediatric
Providers to Address Health Effects of Climate Change: Heat-Related
Illness, Asthma, and Allergies will focus on climate change's impact on
air quality, respiratory health, and heat related illnesses. Register here.
Webinar 2* – Wednesday, June 21, 2017
from noon to 1pm
The second webinar Preparing Pediatric
Providers to Address Health Effects of Climate Change: Vector-Borne
Diseases, Public Health Implications from Floods, and Mental Health
Concerns will focus on climate change's impact on vector borne
illnesses, extreme weather events, and mental health. Register here.
Presenters include Samuel Dorevitch, MD,
MPH, and Elena Grossman, MPH with the Building Resilience Against Climate
Effects (BRACE) Project, University of Illinois at Chicago, Environmental
and Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health.
*The Illinois Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics
designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1
Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with
the extent of their participation in the activity.
The Illinois Chapter, American Academy of
Pediatrics is accredited by the Illinois State Medical Society (ISMS) to
provide continuing medical education for physicians.
ICAAP
Have
you heard of Reach Out and Read Illinois? It is an
ICAAP-affiliated non-profit organization that promotes early literacy by
working with pediatricians to give books to low-income children and advice
to their parents about the importance of reading aloud.
This spring, Reach Out and Read is
partnering with two Chicago high schools to hold a readathon benefiting
low-income pre-K babies and children. Curie Metro High school and AUSL's
Wendell Phillips Academy are each engaging hundreds of students in the
event, maximizing the fun by building it out to include themed reading
days, readalouds, and contests.
Readathon students may earn service learning
credit, a requirement for graduation. The pledges they collect are split
evenly between Reach Out and Read, for the purchase of new, high-quality
children's books for low-income families, and the participating school.
Flexible in format and easy to implement,
the readathon is still open for more schools to join this spring!
Interested educators can contact Kaara Kallen at reachoutandreadil@gmail.com.
If you are interested in learning more about
becoming a Reach Out and Read pediatric office, please contact us at reachoutandreadil@gmail.com!
You can follow us on Facebook and Twitter to watch us in action.
ICAAP
TEAM
is a collaborative effort to promote effective service delivery for
adolescent moms and their children. Currently, this initiative is hosting
open forums with a goal of gathering feedback from the community about how
they can positively impact teen moms' ability to raise developmentally
healthy children. Please view the flyer for more information and register for an open forum. If you have any
questions or need help registering, please do not hesitate to contact Nirja
Shah at nshah@illinoisaap.com
or 312/733-1026 x216.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The
CDC released recommendations for clinicians for diagnosis and
managing Shigella strains. The health advisory describes the identification
of emerging Shigella strains with elevated minimum inhibitory concentration
values for ciprofloxacin and outlines new recommendations for clinical
diagnosis, management, and reporting, as well as new recommendations for
laboratories and public health officials.
AAP and Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
May
is Better Hearing and Speech Month. Early hearing detection and
intervention programs promote universal infant hearing screening,
diagnostic testing, risk-factor assessment, and enrollment in early
intervention and can make a difference in a child's life. Learn more about
the role pediatricians play in early detection and
intervention and review the AAP EHDI resources, including a checklist that guides pediatricians through the
necessary steps.
Chicago Sun-Times
Ethan
Hugins buries his head in his pillow and pulls the covers over his head
when visitors stop by his room at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's
Hospital of Chicago, where he receives chemotherapy treatments to tame a
tumor behind his left eye. When Chicago Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo
stops by his room, Ethan is still shy, but he comes out of his linen cave.
"He thinks of him as his friend," said Hugins' mom, Ryanne
Hugins. "And he means the world to him." Rizzo, who successfully
fought childhood cancer, doesn't just visit every few weeks, he opens his
pocketbook, too. READ
MORE
HealthDay News
Almost
3 million grandparents in the United States are raising their grandchildren,
but outdated health practices and myths may be putting some of those
youngsters at risk, new research contends. "When grandparents step up
to the plate, it can be wonderful for grandchildren but can also pose
challenges in terms of lifestyle, finances and mental and physical health
to a somewhat older or elderly cohort," said senior investigator Dr.
Andrew Adesman. READ
MORE
TODAY
Feel
the need to clean your child's ears? Step away from that cotton swab.
Despite years of warnings to avoid putting the product into the ear canal,
more than 263,000 children in the U.S. had to be treated in emergency rooms
for ear injuries related to cotton-tip applicators between 1990 and 2010, a
new study published in The Journal of Pediatrics has found. That
amounts to about 34 injuries a day. READ
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AAP
The
number of children and adolescents admitted to children's hospitals for
thoughts of suicide or self-harm more than doubled during the last decade,
according to new research being presented at the 2017 Pediatric Academic
Societies Meeting in San Francisco. Researchers will present the study
abstract, "Trends in Suicidality and Serious Self-Harm for Children
5-17 Years at 32 U.S. Children's Hospitals, 2008-2015," on Sunday, May
7, at the Moscone West Convention Center. READ
MORE
ScienceDaily
New
research being presented at the 2017 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting
suggests online health information can influence whether parents trust a
diagnosis made by their child's doctor, potentially leading to delayed
treatment. The study abstract, "Paging Dr. Google: The Effects of
Online Health Information on Parental Trust in Pediatrician' Medical
Diagnoses," will be presented at the Moscone West Convention Center in
San Francisco. READ
MORE
JAMA Ophthalmology
The
number of preschool children in the U.S. with visual impairment is
projected to increase by more than 25 percent in the coming decades, with
the majority of visual impairment resulting from simple uncorrected
refractive error, according to a study published by JAMA Ophthalmology.
Visual impairment in early childhood can significantly impair development
of visual, motor, and cognitive function. There has been a lack of accurate
data characterizing the prevalence of VI in the U.S. preschool population. READ
MORE
CNN
Anyone
raising a child today has likely fretted about screen time and wondered
about the impact of devices on our kids. Does the technology affect their
brains? Does it limit their social development? Could it harm them
emotionally? Could it delay when they start talking? A new study, released
recently and being presented at the 2017 Pediatric Academic Societies
Meeting, revealed some striking findings. READ
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