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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.
AAP
The AAP is seeking interested
participants as it launches a national Project ECHO® (Extension for
Community Healthcare Outcomes) for reproductive and pediatric
environmental health through the Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit
(PEHSU) program, co-managed by the AAP.
PEHSU Project ECHO will serve as a forum
for health care professionals to learn how to identify, diagnose, and
treat environmentally-related health conditions in children and
reproductive-age women. The ECHO sessions will occur via teleconference
at regular intervals (intervals are TBD, based on survey results (e.g.
weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly) and will help build a bi-directional
virtual knowledge network whereby participants learn from experts and
each other, gaining access to evidence-based and capacity-building
resources. Each one-hour session includes a brief presentation by a
national expert, followed by in-depth, practice-based presentations for
discussion, problem-solving guidance, and recommendations.
If you are interested in participating,
please complete the survey by Wednesday, November 29.
Sessions will begin in January 2018 and will conclude in September 2018.
Illinois Pubic
Health Institute
The Midwest Forum on Hospitals, Health Systems and
Population Health is bringing together health care and population
health leaders dedicated to improving health, health equity and social
determinants of health. Hosted by the Illinois Public Health Institute,
the Forum is taking place in Chicago November 29 – December 1, 2017.
ICAAP’s Obesity Prevention Initiatives team, Mary Elsner, Anna Carvlin,
and Grecia Rodriguez, will also be presenting at a concurrent session entitled
Innovation in Children’s Health Care: Linking Community, Providers,
and Payers in System Approaches focusing on a unique clinical and
community referral model to improve pediatric health behaviors by
connecting medical providers and nonmedical community-based services that
offer nutrition and physical activity programming for children. Register here.
Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention
The CDC web-based training
course titled You Call the Shots was updated to include
the 2017-18 ACIP recommendations. The nurse education training program
has 16 modules on a variety of immunization topics including DTap,
Hepatitis A, Influenza, Vaccine Storage and Handling, and more. Every
month, CDC will update its program to reflect the latest immunization
practices. Continuing education credit is available for nurses who view a
module and complete an evaluation.
The Associated
Press via U.S. News & World Report
A Chicago children's hospital
has been recognized for its approach to relieving patients' pain. Ann and
Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital reports it has been awarded a
certificate for a "comprehensive approach to pain prevention and
management in children." The certificate comes from the nonprofit
Childkind International . The Boston-based organization is dedicated to
reducing "pain and needless suffering" in all children. READ MORE
WREX-TV
"I was ready to march
down that hospital and go and hold her for the first time," Kimberly
Long says. That's how Dave and Kimberly Long describe the first moments
after getting the call from the Illinois Department of Child and Family
services that they would be bringing home a new baby girl. "We were
having trouble having children of our own," Kimberly says. READ MORE
CNN
Codeine prescriptions for
children who have had their tonsils and adenoids removed have decreased
since the Food and Drug Administration began requiring a black box
warning on the products four years ago, according to a new report from
the American Academy of Pediatrics. However, some children continue to be
prescribed codeine, and other opioid prescriptions for children have
continued to rise since then. READ MORE
The New York
Times
Perri Klass, M.D. writes I
weigh my words (pun intended) every time I address the topic of a child’s
obesity in the exam room. Yes, I know, you probably want to tell me that
I shouldn’t use that word — “obese” — and I promise that I don’t. But in
the child’s electronic medical record, that’s the official coding if the
child’s body mass index is at or above the 95th percentile for age and
gender. And medical providers, just like parents, may find themselves
walking a difficult line as they try to discuss this fraught subject
without increasing the distress that many children are already feeling. READ MORE
NPR
A little spit may help predict
whether a child's concussion symptoms will subside in days or persist for
weeks. A test that measures fragments of genetic material in saliva was
nearly 90 percent accurate in identifying children and adolescents whose
symptoms persisted for at least a month, according to a study published
Monday in JAMA Pediatrics. READ MORE
Medical Xpress
In a study that looked at data
over a 10-year period, York University researchers, in collaboration with
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) and the Institute for
Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES), found that more than two-thirds of
youth and children with an acute concussion do not seek medical follow-up
or clearance as recommended by current international concussion
guidelines. READ MORE
HealthDay News
As challenging as it can be to
raise a child with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), new research
offers biological evidence that calm, positive parenting may help these
kids master their own emotions and behaviors. The study was conducted
with parents of preschool children with the developmental disorder. The
physiological effects of using compliments and praise instead of yelling
and criticizing were almost instant, the researchers found. READ MORE
ScienceDaily
Scientists looked at the
relationships among maternal snoring, childhood snoring and children's
metabolic characteristics -- including body mass index (BMI) and insulin
resistance, which reflects future risk for developing diabetes and
cardiovascular disease — in approximately 1,100 children followed from
gestation through early adolescence. READ MORE
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