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ICAAP
Registration is now open for the
8th Annual ABC (Autism, Behavior, Complex Medical Needs) Conference, “Lives
in the Balance: Caring for Children with Special Needs, Their Families,
Their Communities, and Ourselves in these Precarious Times,” to be held on Friday,
November 17, 2017 at the Moraine Business and Conference Center in Palos
Hills, IL. The Conference Planning Committee is pleased to announce our
breakout session speakers, Edith Chernoff, MD, FAAP, DACMG and Pam
Northrop, LCSW, and session title, "When our families are
stressed, so are we. How a primary care medical home works to decrease
stress in our families and our team."
Session description
La Rabida Children’s Hospital is a primary
care/medical home program for children with complex medical and
developmental needs. Since 2006 their interdisciplinary team has helped
families to understand their child’s needs and learn to advocate for those
needs. They use a validated tool to access the quality of life of our
families and to identify where we can intervene. La Rabida Children’s
Hospital also conducts a standardized measure to understand parent-child
bonding during feeding and play. In addition, they provide counseling
supports, as accesses to mental health services are limited. As public resources
have reduced and helping families to meet their child’s needs has become
more difficult, we sometimes experienced helplessness and stress. They meet
weekly to problem solve and decided to have annual retreats away from the
hospital. In addition, they have started monthly reflective meetings where
team members present issues they struggle over. With supervision, staffs
are looking internally and strategies are being implemented.
Speakers
Edith Jacobson Chernoff, MD, FAAP, DACMG
is a practicing, board certified pediatrician at La Rabida Children's
Hospital. She is the outpatient medical director and medical director of
Premier Kids Program, a medical home program for children with complex
medical/developmental needs. She is an Assistant Professor in the
Department of Pediatrics at University of Chicago and serves as medical
consultant for Child and Family Connections#10. Her interests are medical
home for complicated children, Down Syndrome and quality improvement. Dr.
Chernoff was instrumental in La Rabida Children’s Hospital becoming
recognized by the National Committee on Quality Assurance for Primary Care
Medical Home, Level 3. She is a diplomate of the American College of
Medical Genetics, fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and member
of Illinois Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics - Committee on
Children with Disabilities. Dr. Chernoff routinely presents for pediatric
residents, EI providers and at National/ State Conferences.
Pam Northrop, LCSW has worked at La
Rabida Children's Hospital for 25 years. She has devoted her over 40 year
career to working with children with special needs and their families. In
her current position she is the Medical Home Program Manager and Program
Coordinator for Premier Kids, a Medical Home program for young children who
have medically complex/developmental needs. As part of her work she managed
the Illinois Statewide Early Intervention System for the south side of
Chicago. She has been actively involved in Illinois Medical Home Project,
South Side Health Collaborative, and Medical Home Network. She has
presented at The National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related
Institutions (NACHRI) Conference, National Training Institute for Zero to
Three, and Illinois Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. She
helped La Rabida to obtain National Committee on Quality Assurance
recognition for Primary Care Medical Home Level 3.
Registration for the conference is open. For
more information about session descriptions, continuing education designations,
cost, and registration, see the conference brochure, visit http://illinoisaap.org/conferences/abc/, or contact
Elise Groenewegen at egroenewegen@illinoisaap.com.
 *The Illinois Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics
designates this live activity for a maximum of 6 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.
Illinois Department of Public Health
 Did you know the Illinois Department of Public Health
(IDPH) conducts a survey among women who recently delivered a baby? The
IDPH Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) population-based
survey is conducted among women who reside in Illinois and had a live birth
in the past two to six months. As part of an initiative to reduce infant
morbidity and mortality, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) sponsors the survey to gather information about health
behaviors and experiences before and during pregnancy, and immediately
after delivery. PRAMS collects information on preconception health,
pregnancy intention, barriers to prenatal care, HIV testing, depression,
oral health care, psychosocial support and stress, and other topics. You
can access statistical analyses of these data on the Illinois PRAMS website.
 A 60 percent response rate is set to assure the
representativeness of the data. You can help PRAMS staff keep survey
response rates high by displaying PRAMS posters and offering brochures in
clinics and exam rooms. New moms who see this information when accessing
care for their infant may be more inclined to respond if selected for the
survey. PRAMS posters and brochures are available in English and Spanish.
You can download and print them now from the Illinois PRAMS website “Publications” section. Or,
you can request them from IDPH by e-mailing Julie.Doetsch@illinois.gov.
ICAAP
Two
recorded webinars on the health effects of climate change are now available
on ICAAP’s eLearning platform. The first webinar
focuses on climate change’s impact on air quality, respiratory health, and
heat-related illnesses and the second discusses climate change’s impact on
vector borne illnesses, extreme weather events, and mental health. The
webinars were presented by 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. Create an account to access the materials.
*The Illinois Chapter, American Academy of
Pediatrics designates this enduring 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.
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ICAAP Launches Refugee Immigrant Child Health Initiative —
Seeking ICAAP Members to Participate
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ICAAP
ICAAP
is launching the Refugee Immigrant Child Health Initiative (RICHI) to
address the complex needs of immigrant children, led by Minal Giri, MD,
FAAP. These children face a wide range of challenges that have a lasting
impact on their health and well-being. RICHI seeks to improve medical homes
for this population by educating pediatricians and healthcare providers and
improving access to social, legal, and other vital resources. The
Initiative will also address the special needs of refugee and unaccompanied
immigrant children. For more, information, please contact Mary Elsner at melsner@illinoisaap.com
or Minal Giri, MD, at minalgirimd@gmail.com.
Illinois Nurses Association
The
Illinois Nurses Association (INA) Membership Assembly, the annual
conference for the Illinois Nurses Association, will take place in Matteson
on Friday, October 13. This event provides an opportunity to interact with
nurses from various hospitals and state agencies from all over Illinois.
The Membership Assembly provides an update
on activities via INA leadership and provides members with the chance to
provide input on future direction, information on how to get involved, and
networking opportunities.
For more information about the INA 2017
Membership Assembly, please see the meeting brochure or contact Toni Fox at tfox@illinoisnurses.com
or 312-419-2900 x243.
Chicago Tribune
Unniversity
of Chicago Medical Center and Lurie Children's Hospital could be among the
first hospitals in the country to offer a new, breakthrough pediatric
cancer treatment approved Wednesday by the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration. The treatment, which uses a patient's own modified cells to
battle a form of acute lymphoblastic leukemia, is the first gene therapy
approved for use in the U.S. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia is the most
common childhood cancer. READ
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Crain's Chicago Business
Backpack?
Check. Lunch? Check. Vaccinations? Maybe. Some kids are showing up to
school this fall without their required shots, and they're not necessarily
the ones whose parents are opposed to immunizations. This year, the uptick
is an unintended consequence of a major policy shift amid Illinois'
crushing budget battle. Doctors say some of these patients are among the
roughly 131,000 kids on the Children's Health Insurance Program, a
federal-state initiative that covers low-income kids whose families make
too much to qualify for Medicaid, but not enough to afford private
insurance. READ
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The State Journal-Register
There
may be less risk for the public this year when it comes to health problems
associated with the mosquito-borne West Nile virus, a state spokeswoman
says. Fewer pools of mosquitoes and fewer dead birds across the state are
testing positive for the virus this year compared to last year, according
to Melaney Arnold, spokeswoman for the Illinois Department of Public
Health. And the 16 human cases of West Nile infection reported so far this
year compare with 87 statewide by this time last year, she said last week. READ
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USC News
About
17 percent of children in the U.S. are obese, according to federal health
statistics. That’s a sobering statistic for parents to ponder as September
marks National Childhood Obesity Month. “One in five children in the U.S.
enter school overweight or obese. Many kindergarteners with normal weight
end up gaining too much weight during elementary school,” said Ashlesha
Datar, a senior economist and director of the Program for Children and
Families at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. READ
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HealthDay News
Parents
often try unconventional treatments — such as acupuncture and herbal
products — when their kids are sick, but many don't tell their
pediatricians about it, a new report shows. Such omissions could be risky,
especially when these young patients are already taking traditional
medications, the report authors said. "The point we're making in this
report is that many of our young patients are already using these
[complementary] therapies," said lead author Dr. Hilary McClafferty.
"And much of that use is driven by the consumer, by parents looking
for additional help for their children. READ
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Reuters
Children
treated for respiratory illnesses in the emergency department often have a
chronic cough that lingers for weeks after they go home from the hospital,
an Australian study suggests. Researchers examined data on 839 children
treated for acute respiratory illnesses and found roughly three in four
kids had a cough one week later. And after 28 days, one in four children
had a chronic cough. READ
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ScienceDaily
Around
75 percent of children and adults with attention deficit hyperactivity
disorder (ADHD) also have sleep problems, but until now these have been
thought to be separate issues. Now a in a pulling together of the latest
research, Scientists are proposing of a new theory which says that much of
ADHD may in fact be a problem associated with lack of regular circadian
sleep. READ
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EurekAlert!
In
a study of nearly 400 preschool children, only one child adhered to obesity
prevention guidelines over the course of a single day at child care and at
home. The 5-2-1-0 guidelines recommend children eat at least five servings
a day of fruits and vegetables, view less than two hours of screen time,
participate in one hour of physical activity and consume no sugar-sweetened
beverages daily. READ
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