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2009 CATCH Call for Proposals
May 1 to July 31, 2008

CATCH Planning Funds
Grants are provided in amounts from $2,500 to $12,000 for pediatricians to plan innovative, community-based projects to increase children's access to health care and address health disparities among children. The Planning Funds area of the CATCH Web site has more details on this program. http://www.aap.org/catch/planninggrants.htm
CATCH Resident Funds
Grants of up to $3,000 are available for pediatric residents to work with local communities to ensure that all children, especially underserved children, have medical homes and access to any needed health care services. More information is available at the Resident Funds area of the CATCH Web site. http://www.aap.org/catch/residentgrants.htm

Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children Program (HTPCP)

8 New Grants for 2008!
On March 1, 2008, eight new grant recipients were chosen to receive up to $50,000 in funding for the next five years to implement their community-based initiatives. These new grant recipients represent the 20th round of funding for the HTPCP.

Congratulations to the following recipients:

• Robin Haldiman, Roanoke, VA
• Elisa Nicholas, MD, MSPH, Long Beach, CA
• Khudsiya Khan, MD, Philadelphia, PA
• Peter Rivera, MD, Wilmington, CA
• Rose Yuhos, RN, Las Vegas, NV
• Nellie Torres, Nashville, TN
• Sharon Burns, Bossier City, LA
• Phyllis Caven, MD, Longview, WA

View project descriptions here. To learn about HTPCP, please click here.

AAP Oral Health Initiative
2008 AAP Oral Health Preceptorship Award
To encourage an understanding of the role pediatricians play in providing oral health assessments for young children, the AAP Oral Health Initiative is offering training opportunities to AAP members. The awards are designed to provide the recipient with individualized one-on-one training in performing oral health risk assessments, maternal/caretaker oral assessment interviews, and the application of fluoride varnishes by a pediatric dentist or pediatrician with oral health training. Click here to access the program guidelines and application or contact nelson@aap.org with questions.

New CME Training
Announcing the launch of the Oral Health Risk Assessment: Training for Pediatricians and Child Health Professions. This online module offers both CME and AAP credit for health professionals. More information is at http://www.aap.org/commpeds/dochs/oralhealth/cme

Council on Community Pediatrics
Community Pediatrics Self-Assessment
The COCP has designed a self-assessment to help practicing pediatricians assess where they are in relation to community pediatrics activities as recommended in the COCP policy statement, "The Pediatrician's Role in Community Pediatrics." For more information about the Community Pediatrics Self-Assessment, click here.

Community Pediatrics Education & Training Special Interest Group
Pediatric Education in Community and Office Settings (Starter Kit for Community Preceptors) is offered to the practicing pediatrician who wants to provide a hands-on experience in an office setting for a medical student or resident. The Starter Kit provides practical tips, information, resources, and activities for pediatricians, residency program directors, and clerkship directors to use at every stage of community-based training for students and residents. The tool includes information on developing your office-based teaching program, your academic portfolio, and a variety of topical resources for quick reference. To access this document, please visit the Practice Management page.

Community Pediatrics Training Initiative

Issue Brief on Resident and Faculty Perspectives on Community Pediatrics Training
The Dyson Initiative National Evaluation (DINE) has recently released a brief entitled "Enhancing Community Pediatrics Training: Perspectives of Residents and Faculty of the Community Pediatrics Training Initiative (CPTI), Five Years Later".  To download the full version of this brief, please click here, or visit:  http://www.jhsph.edu/wchpc/projects/DINE/DINEpubs to view more DINE publications.

For information on additional AAP community pediatrics programs and
general community pediatrics resources, please visit our Web site at http://www.aap.org/commpeds.

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