In the fall, ACPeds will hold elections for the 2-year term beginning in 2019 so the ACPeds nominations committee is seeking candidates
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Serving as a board member does not require special qualifications. All Member Fellows, Specialty Fellows, Retired Fellows, and Emeritus Fellows are eligible.
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Board members are
- expected to attend two annual board meetings,
- called upon to comment or vote on ACPeds activities, and
- are encouraged to serve on one or more ACPeds committees.
Board members may also participate in the monthly teleconferenced executive committee meetings. The total time commitment involved in addition to the two weekends is about 5 or 6 hours per month.
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Board members generally pay their own expenses to attend the meetings; however, financial assistance is available.
If you or someone you know is interested in serving on the ACPeds Board or you have questions about serving, please contact the office
. Send an email to
[email protected]
or call the office at 352-376-1877 and Ronni Ann can have a board member get back to you.
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Bioethics Conference - June 21-23
Hear from leading experts, engage in charitable dialogue, and network with other professionals interested in Christian bioethics at The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity's 25th annual summer conference, Bioethics & Being Human, June 21-23 in Deerfield, IL.
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Special Interest News, Articles and Studies
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Thank you to members Dr. Jane Hamner for her help editing the Parent Talk,
and Dr. Leah Willson for her help in editing the Newsletter.
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Stronger YouTube Kids parental controls
Last year, we published an ACPeds
Parent Talk
on
children being exposed to inappropriate videos when using YouTube Kids
after a New York Times
article
discussed parents complaining of videos with well-known children's characters "in violent or lewd situations".
Thankfully, it seems that
YouTube Kids has made efforts to clean up their act
. Google has launched a new slew of YouTube Kids parental controls and these
new features control not only the main content displayed within the app, but also the recommended videos that appear after viewing a video
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Click here
for more information on the new features.
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Ultra sterile enviornments may contribute to leukemia, study suggests
A landmark
study
suggests that
sterile environments of our ultra-hygienic modern age could be major drivers of leukemia.
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On the contrary, the study identified the following as major protectors against leukemia:
- natural childbirths instead of elective caesarean-sections,
- breastfeeding,
- avoiding antibiotics at a very young age,
- plenty of exposure to other kids, and
- playing in the dirt.
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Upon what are these conclusions based? Well according to Professor Mel Greaves, one of the most respected names in the cancer biology world,
“if a child is exposed to common bacteria or viruses very early in life, ones that may not even initiate any disease, through breast feeding, contact with other children, their own microbiome, the soil or other aspects of a perfectly natural environment, the immune system becomes primed and can resist the development of the cancer
.” For more information,
click here
for an article on the study.
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PCPs may need more training on suicide, research suggests
According to recent
research
, suicide is the second-leading cause of death for youth aged 15-24 years and it takes the lives of more teenagers and young adults than cancer, heart disease, diabetes, congenital birth defects, stroke, pneumonia, influenza, and chronic lung disease combined.
Because primary care providers (PCPs) often receive limited training in treating mental health disorders and most emergency departments aren’t set up to provide acceptable care to patients with suicidal thoughts either,
medical experts
are now emphasizing that PCPs “need to know who to screen, when to screen, and how to screen" for suicide in the primary care setting.
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Experts say that paying attention to language is especially important and it's the easiest way to assess the severity of a patient’s suicide ideations because the more detail a patient provides about their suicidal thoughts and intent, the greater the severity of suicidal risk.
In sum, when children indicate they may be experiencing suicidal thoughts, health professionals, parents, and educators should emphasize that suicide is never the right option, that it negatively affects the people left behind and that there is help available to those who need it.
More news on suicide
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Poor sleep leads to permissive parenting, research shows
According to recent
research
, parents (specifically
mothers) “who don’t get enough sleep or who take longer falling asleep have a greater tendency to engage in permissive parenting—parenting marked by lax or inconsistent discipline
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It’s clear that permissive parenting leads to adolescent risky behavior because
permissive parents do not consistently enforce basic rules for conduct and they fail to provide adequate structure and stability to children’s lives
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On the other hand, parenting in which parents monitor children’s activities, know their whereabouts, and require appropriate and mature behavior within the child’s range of ability, also known as
authoritative parenting, is the optimal style of parenting that results in the best outcomes for child and teen health
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For more information:
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The 4th Annual Summit on Infancy, Child Nutrition & Development
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Postings to the ACPeds Job Board
CENTENNIAL, COLORADO
Centennial Pediatrics in Centennial, Colorado (a suburb of Denver) is looking for a pediatrician to join a practice with 2 other pediatricians. Start date is flexible. Visit
centennialpeds.com
if you are interested to learn more. For questions or to submit your resume, email Dr. Michelle Stanford at
[email protected]
SOUTH GEORGIA AREA
ACPeds Fellow retiring in summer 2019, seeking pediatrician with ACPeds values to serve small town south Georgia community. Flexible options from solo independent paper records to EHR salaried by the local hospital. Peds call shared with 2 peds and several FPs, 6-7 weeks/year for nights and weekends ; weekday involvement with hospitalized patients flexible due to FP residency; medical school to open in 2019 gives teaching opportunities.
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link to the blog
is posted on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.
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