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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS Deadline for submission: October 20, 2008
The Future of Pediatrics: Quality Care for ALL Children is an exciting AAP conference taking place February 27-March 1, 2009, in Anaheim, CA. It will be a great opportunity for medical home advocates, community pediatricians, and other community health providers to network and learn from each other as well as from respected clinical and practice management faculty. We invite you to submit an abstract for a presentation or a poster, sharing your successes and challenges as you work to improve children's access to a medical home and other needed services. With interactive sessions and many opportunities for networking, this conference will be a time of collaboration and connection, of inspiration and celebration. All abstracts must be submitted online at: http://www.aap.org/commpeds/fop.htm.

Presenters receive a discounted registration. For more information about the meeting, go to http://www.pedialink.org/cme/FOP.

If you have questions, please contact Jean Davis in the Division of Community-based Initiatives, fopabstracts@aap.org or 847/434-4080.

Native American Child Health

Join the Canadian Paediatric Society and the American Academy of Pediatrics, in cooperation with the Indian Health Service and the First Nations Inuit Health Branch, Health Canada, for the 3rd International Meeting on Indigenous Child Health. Child health providers and researchers dedicated to working with American Indian, Alaska Native, First Nations, Inuit, and Métis children and families are encouraged to attend. Participants will have the opportunity to share model programs and research, and develop practical skills that can be utilized in community settings. The Planning Committee invites submissions for oral presentations and posters from individuals working with indigenous populations, and is not limited to medical providers. The deadline is January 16, 2009. For updated conference information, visit http://www.aap.org/nach.

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.

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 Cavens, MD, Longview, WA

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

Healthy Tomorrows Publication
Congratulations to Holly Ruch-Ross, ScD, David Keller, MD, Nicole Miller, MPH, Jane Bassewitz, MA, and Paul Melinkovich, MD, on the release of their article in the September 2008 issue of Pediatrics.
Evaluation of Community-Based Health Projects: The Healthy Tomorrows Experience. This article examines community-based programs and experience of evaluation, both in terms of capacity and benefits to the program. The study was done by surveying 149 community-based programs funded from 1989 to 2003 through the Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children Program.

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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