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Join the Section on Injury, Violence, and Poison Prevention (SOIVPP)
Membership in the Section is open to all Fellows and Resident Fellows of the AAP with an interest in injury, violence, and poison prevention. Full members of the Section pay annual dues of $25. An affiliate membership category is open to licensed physicians currently ineligible for membership in the AAP and licensed allied health professionals actively involved in the prevention of injury, violence, and poisoning. Affiliate dues are $60 annually.
The Section on Injury, Violence, and Poison Prevention holds its organizational meetings and hosts educational programs at the Academy's annual National Conference and Exhibition (NCE). Topics addressed at past educational programs included violence prevention, drowning, firearms, sports injuries, head injuries, and child passenger safety. The Section also hosts a day-long program featuring hot topics presentations, a discussion of recent literature on injury, violence, and poison prevention, and scientific abstracts.
The Section produces a semiannual newsletter (available through the Members Only Channel  ) featuring updates on Section and AAP activities, legislative reports, meeting announcements, literature reviews, and abstracts. The Section also offers it's members the SOIVPP Listserv®  , a one-way e-mail list that is used by AAP staff to alert members with important AAP announcements.
Each year the Section presents two awards—one to a resident and one to an AAP Fellow—to honor distinguished achievement in injury, violence, and poison prevention.
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