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ICAAP
ICAAP
launched a multi-disciplinary Refugee Immigrant Child Health Initiative
(RICHI) to address the complex needs of immigrant children. These
children face a wide range of challenges that have a lasting impact on
their health and wellbeing. RICHI seeks to improve the medical homes for
this vulnerable population and to increase access to social, legal, and
other vital resources. The Initiative is led by ICAAP member, Minal Giri,
MD, FAAP. In an effort to reach immigrant populations across Illinois,
help us meet our goals by joining the Initiative. For more information,
please contact Mary Elsner at melsner@illinoisaap.com
or 312/733-1026, ext. 220, or Dr. Minal Giri at minalgirimd@gmail.com.
ICAAP
The Autism, Behavior, and
Complex Medical Needs--Downstate (ABC-D) Conference Planning Committee is
seeking presentation proposals for the 4th Annual ABC-D Conference,
"Lives in the Balance: Caring for Children with Special Needs,
Their Families, Their Communities, And Ourselves in These Precarious
Times,” scheduled for Friday, May 4, 2018, at the Regency Conference
Center in O’Fallon, IL. The conference theme has been determined by
current American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) priorities and past
participant feedback.
ABC-D Conference participants learn about
the broad landscape of services and programs that are available to
support children with special needs (including those that have been
impacted by trauma and adversity) from birth through adolescence, and
develop skills to make effective referrals and partner with other
agencies and systems. Each track features sessions that converge with
different systems, developmental services, medical interventions, and
innovative partnerships that benefit children served across
interprofessional groups. More information about ABC Conferences can be
found here.
Proposals are due by Monday, December 4, 2017
at 5pm.
For more information, contact Elise
Groenewegen at egroenewegen@illinoisaap.com
or 312/733-1026 x 204.
The Daily Orange
and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Since the first case of mumps was diagnosed at Syracuse
University in August, more than 100 students have been affected. Of the
24 cases currently confirmed, all have been properly vaccinated with two
doses of MMR vaccine. Students with confirmed or probable cases are
receiving a third dose of MMR vaccine. The school has made the third dose
available to the undergraduate population, and required student-athletes
to receive it.
The CDC recommends those exposed to a mumps outbreak
receive a third dose of the MMR vaccine. Although the first two doses are
about 88 percent effective in preventing the disease, research shows that
immunity wanes over time and could be attributed to recent nationwide
outbreaks.
The Midwest
Access Project and American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois
The Midwest Access Project and
American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois are hosting a training on
comprehensive pregnancy options counseling and the Illinois Parental
Notice of Abortion Act on Saturday December 2, from 10am-2pm in Chicago.
For more information, please view the event flyer and contact Emily Werth at ewerth@aclu.il.org
with any questions. Attendees must register by November 29.
WBBM-TV
Teen births have reached a new
low in Chicago, according to city health officials. In 2015, there were
27.5 births per 1,000 females ages 15 to 19 — a significant decrease from
the 85.2 rate in 1999. Data from 2015 is the most recent information
available. Teen births have been on the decline in Chicago since 2010.
African-American teens have seen the greatest decline, from more than 72
births per 1,000 females to 34.9 births. READ MORE
Johns Hopkins
Medicine
A national survey of more than
200 pediatric primary care physicians found that while over
three-quarters addressed at least one parental health issue, such as
maternal depression or parental tobacco use, during child health visits
and a majority recognized the impact of such issues on children’s health,
fewer felt responsible for addressing them. READ MORE
AAP News
Low-income children are more
likely to receive well-child care if their parents are enrolled in
Medicaid, according to a new study. The findings come as Congress debates
the future of the program. “Given evidence that increased access to
pediatric care early in life is associated with improved health and lower
hospital use in adulthood, changes in parental coverage may have
long-term impacts on children that will be important to consider when
modifying the Medicaid program,” authors wrote. READ MORE
HealthDay News
People younger than 50 with
diabetes have a seven-times higher risk of dying from sudden cardiac
death, preliminary research suggests. And their risk of dying from any
kind of heart disease is eight times higher than for those without
diabetes, the long-term Danish study also found. "It is important
that healthcare providers are aware that young patients with diabetes
have an elevated risk of mortality and that this is mainly explained by
an increased risk of sudden cardiac death," said the study's lead
author Jesper Svane, a medical student at Copenhagen University Hospital
in Denmark. READ MORE
News-Medical.net
Research-clinicians at
Children's National Health System led the first study to identify a
promising treatment to reduce or prevent brain injury in newborns who
have suffered hypoxia-ischemia, a serious complication in which
restricted blood flow deprives the brain of oxygen. Consequences of brain
injury resulting from oxygen deprivation affect the entire lifespan and
range from mild (learning disabilities) to severe (inability to breathe,
walk, talk or see). READ MORE
Medical Xpress
If children develop severe
respiratory illness before two years old, they are at least double the
risk of developing asthma later in childhood, a study of NSW babies has
found. A study of all children born in NSW between 2000 and 2010 has
found that if they develop severe respiratory illness before two years
old, they are at least double the risk of developing asthma later in
childhood. The research published in BMJ Open is the first study
to demonstrate the increased risk of asthma hospitalisation following
severe Respiratory Syncytial Viral disease (RSV) in different groups of
high-risk Australian children. READ MORE
Reuters
Nearly 1 in 4 youth living
with HIV in the U.S. don’t notify sex or drug-use partners about
potential HIV exposure — despite medical professionals and others urging
them to do so, a study of teens and young adults suggests. This high-risk
population continues to contract HIV at alarming rates, so identifying
individuals unaware of their infection is imperative to prevent further
transmission, as well as to link and retain patients into medical care,
the study team writes online Oct. 4 in the Journal of Acquired Immune
Deficiency Syndrome. READ MORE
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