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6 unusual facts about American Academy of Pediatrics


AAP Red Book

The AAP Red Book, or Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases of the American Academy of Pediatrics, is a hardcover, softcover, and electronic reference to the "manifestations, etiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of some 200 childhood infectious diseases".

Advanced Pediatric Life Support

Advanced Pediatric Life Support (APLS) is a program created by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Emergency Physicians to teach health care providers how to take care of sick children.

American Academy of Pediatrics

The AAP responded to criticism in the Journal of Medical Ethics by accusing European doctors of cultural bias against circumcision.

Bicycle Safety Camp

Bicycle Safety Camp is a 1989 educational video produced by TIPP: The Injury Prevention Program then a division of The American Academy of Pediatrics.

Lipid profile

However, the American Academy of Pediatrics and NHLBI now recommend that children aged 9–11 be screened once for severe cholesterol abnormalities.

Victor C. Strasburger

In his work with the American Academy of Pediatrics, Dr. Strasburger has authored or co-authored many of their position statements regarding children, adolescents, and the media.


Donald Hillman

In 1992, they were award the Christopherson International Award by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

HealthRadio

HealthRadio.net has strategic alliances with the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Sports Medicine, the American Heart Association, the American College of Emergency Physicians, RealAge.com, and others, producing talk shows with each entity.

LGBT parenting

Judith Stacey, of New York University, stated: "Rarely is there as much consensus in any area of social science as in the case of gay parenting, which is why the American Academy of Pediatrics and all of the major professional organizations with expertise in child welfare have issued reports and resolutions in support of gay and lesbian parental rights".

Mumps

The WHO, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the British Medical Association and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain currently recommend routine vaccination of children against mumps.


see also

Calvin C.J. Sia

1992 American Medical Association and American Academy of Pediatrics Abraham Jacobi Award in Recognition of Significant Contributions in Pediatrics in the Tradition of Abraham Jacobi, Father of American Pediatrics, New York, NY.