enews october 2009

Ohio Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics

Electronic Newsletter October 2009

Join us at Ohio AAP’s Annual Meeting The 2009 Ohio AAP Annual Meeting will be held Friday Nov. 13 and Saturday Nov. 14 at the Great Wolf Lodge in Mason, Ohio. The event kicks off with pre-Annual Meeting committee meetings at 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 13 followed by a joint lunch for committee members, chairs and Chapter Board. The Friday afternoon workshops offer a variety of topics including CATCH grants, Technology Issues for Private Practice and a Red Book Update featuring H1N1 information, HPV in boys, Hep A, vaccine myths and more. The Opening Reception beginning at 6:15 p.m. Friday is a great opportunity to mingle with colleagues and exhibitors over cocktails and appetizers. The Ohio AAP Foundation will host a wine raffle (see story at right) at the reception as well. Following the Annual Meeting Breakfast on Saturday morning, Judy Dolins, MPH, District and Chapter Relations Director, American Academy of Pediatrics, will

speak on the Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. If you are confused about how to evaluate your practice and need help understanding and meeting the components of MOC, this would be the person to answer all your questions. See Meeting…page 4

Wine raffle returns to Annual Meeting reception For the second year, the Ohio AAP Foundation is hosting a Wine Raffle fundraiser at the Opening Reception of the Ohio Chapter, AAP Annual Meeting. On Friday, November 13th, attendees will be able to purchase raffle tickets for $20 each; if their ticket is drawn, they will be able to choose a bottle of wine from the selection. Each bottle will be wrapped in a brown paper bag, and the only See Wine…page 4

Volunteers needed for Healthy People 2010 The Ohio AAP was awarded the Healthy People 2010 Grant from the American Academy of Pediatrics to address immunizations. As we all know, the pediatric community is facing ever growing parental refusal over vaccines, and unfortunately, we are now beginning to see more and more children not receiving the recommended vaccines and outbreaks of these previously dormant infectious diseases. With the increase in celebrity endorsement for vaccine refusal, and the continued coverage of unfounded

science over negative aspects of vaccines, we find that more and more of our membership has asked for assistance in responding to parents and others over the safety and importance of vaccines. The Ohio AAP has an existing grant-funded program by the Ohio Department of Health, Maximizing Office Based Immunizations, that conducts more than 450 trainings in pediatrician and family medicine practices per year, which is posed to get information into the hands of physicians so that they can more adequately address these concerns. In addition, the Ohio AAP is See Focus group…page 3

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Upcoming ADEPP/CADLC opportunities A first of its kind program designed to help pediatricians better screen children for delayed development resumed training.

Help Ohio’s foster children The Ohio AAP and the Ohio AAP Foundation have recently launched the My Story Foster Care Program to help give Ohio’s foster children an opportunity to share their story. In addition to receiving advice and guidance from medical professionals at the initial foster child examination, foster children and families have started receiving backpacks with information and items to make their transition easier. The backpacks include a portable medical record, social/emotional information, disposable cameras to take the child’s picture, a picture frame to ensure the photo is placed with those of other children in the home, homemade blankets (for children under 2), homemade pillow cases (for children 2 and older), and a book to encourage early literacy. To donate an item to the My Story Foster Care Program, please contact the Ohio AAP at (614) 846-6258. Donations may include: • Binders for the portable medical records • Pillows • Disposable Cameras • 4”x6” Picture Frames • Material for Pillowcases • Fleece for Blankets

Nearly three dozen teams from across the state are taking part in the “Concerned About Development Learning Collaborative,” (CADLC) a project administered by Ohio AAP through a grant from the Ohio Department of Health’s Bureau of Early Intervention Services. The CADLC aims to find children with developmental problems early, by teaching best practices in screening and referral. Teams are eligible for newly required Part IV Maintenance of Certification and receive CME for attending sessions either in person or online. The CADLC will close its first wave of trainings October 27 in Cleveland, then resume sessions in February. Applications are available at the collaborative Web site: http:// www.concernedaboutdevelopment. org/autism/professional-resources Interested participants can also email Dan Farkas at dfarkas@ ohioaap.org or call (614) 846-6258

Save the Date For the latest H1N1 information go to the Ohio Department of Health’s Web site at: http://www.odh.ohio.gov/landing/ phs_emergency/panflu/panflumain.aspx

The first of two Ohio AAP Open Forum Meetings will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010, at Dayton Children’s Hospital. The topic will be foster care. Mark your calendars!!!!

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2009 Prematurity Awareness Day The March of Dimes has designated November as Prematurity Awareness Month. In Ohio, a two-day conference has been scheduled for Nov. 16 and 17 at the Columbus Airport Marriott in Columbus. This two-day conference, Improving the Grade, will explore the latest information, research, and advances in promoting healthy birth outcomes, specifically preconception/interconception and prenatal care. The conference also will address infant mortality and caring for the neonate with special health needs. This conference will provide professional education to physicians, nurses, public health professionals, social workers, dietitians, and other allied health professionals. The conference will feature national keynote speakers, workshop presenters, exhibitors, and poster presenters. For more information, contact Becky Johnson-Rescola at [email protected] or 216-6433330, or go to the March of Dimes Web site http://www.marchofdimes.com/ohio/

Prevent Blindness Ohio offers free vision screening training To increase the visual quality of life for Ohio’s Children, Prevent Blindness Ohio is sponsoring a free 4hour training that will provide instruction on how to perform preschool vision screenings. The training will be held Wednesday, Oct. 28 from 1- 5 p.m. at the Westerville Public Library, 126 S. State St., Westerville. Upon successful completion of the training, as well as a two-hour homework component, participants will be certified with Prevent Blindness America.

October 2009 Focus Group... Page 1 partnering with the Ohio Department of Health, parent advocate groups, community and faith-based organizations, public health partners and others to increase immunization rates through the development of specific targeted outreach efforts. We would like to use those existing relationships/programs to develop tested materials to use with parental refusal or questions regarding vaccine safety, and then also use these relationships to disseminate the materials. This program would address focus area 14-22, 14-24 and 1427, by addressing parental concerns as a large barrier to immunizing children. We will target the entire pediatric population in Ohio, by educating their doctors on how to adequately respond to parental concerns or refusal of vaccines. In addition, by involving other organizations, advocacy groups and public health partners, we will also be reaching out to Ohio’s children through other avenues. The impact for this program, therefore, is far reaching to Ohio’s children. For this program, we would use this existing relationship to gather information about parental concerns, responses from physicians, current media that is either supportive or negative in regards to vaccination, and then develop materials to best address these concerns, and build on current strengths and successes. Through this group, we will then test these materials on various stakeholders, including parents, to attempt to discover the best way to approach this problem. For example, there are some very aggressive campaigns to educate families around the importance of vaccinations and the large risks, including death, they are taking in not vaccinating their children. We are looking for volunteers to participate in these focus groups. The meetings will be in November and December and will be 1-2 hours. Food will be provided as well as a gift card as a thank you for your participation. Please contact Elizabeth Kelleher at ekelleher@ ohioaap.org or call 614846-6258 if you would like to participate!

To register online go to http://www.pbohio.org

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Has your office had a MOBI? With all the talk about H1N1 and the seasonal flu, this might be the good time for your practice to schedule a MOBI. The Maximizing Office Based Immunization (MOBI) program is a free statewide provider immunization education and training program developed for healthcare providers. This continuing education program is offered through the Ohio AAP, and funded by the Ohio Department of Health with technical assistance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The MOBI presentation furnishes Ohio immunization providers and their staffs with a quality improvement educational program aimed at improving immunization rates among Ohio’s Children. Ryan Vogelgesang, MD, a practicing pediatrician in Parma, Ohio, is the program director. Vaccines and immunizations continue to be a controversial topic in the news. That may be one reason why many children in Ohio are under immunized. New vaccines, new combinations of vaccines and new schedules may cause confusion among providers and parents. Along with compliance issues and vaccine misconceptions, keeping children up to date on vaccinations is a challenge for many medical offices. If you would like to schedule a MOBI presentation, please contact Karen Kirk, MOBI Project Manager, at (614) 846-6350, or e-mail [email protected].

October 2009 Meeting... From Page 1 Dolins will identify the requirements for meeting the four parts of the American Board of Pediatrics’ MOC program and will describe ways in which the Chapter Alliance for Quality Improvement can assist chapters in supporting their members to engage in quality improvement work. Dolins will also describe the programs that the AAP offers to help pediatricians meet part 4 – Performance in Practice of MOC. Also on Saturday, Paula Duncan, MD, chair of the AAP’s Bright Futures Pediatric Implementation Project, will explain how to implement Bright Futures approaches and materials in community and practice settings. Dr. Duncan will relate how to partner with families in health promotion activities in both community and practice settings. For more information, please contact Elizabeth Kelleher at (614) 846-6258. You can register online at http://www.ohioaap.org/pediatrician-education/annualmeeting Wine... From Page 1 piece of identification on the bottles will be the red or white ribbons at the top signifying the type of wine. For those attendees who prefer to choose their bottle of wine, the Foundation will also be hosting a Ring Toss game. Participants will be given three tries to ring their chosen bottle of wine for $10. In 2008, the Wine Raffle raised nearly $1,200 for the Ohio AAP Foundation. More than 40 bottles of wine were donated to the raffle, including two bottles worth $100, and several more worth $50 or more.

Child advocacy course National clinical and legal experts will review pediatric, psychiatric and legal approaches to medical child abuse (Munchausen by proxy) at the Medical Child Abuse and Child Advocacy Conference Saturday, Dec. 5 at the Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital, 9500 Euclid Ave. The event is free, but space is limited. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. The conference continues from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. To register call 216445-3572 or e-mail [email protected].