Community-based Activities in the News

This page contains information about community-based projects and activities that have recently been featured in news articles, professional and research publications and presentations, and/or have been recognized for their contributions through local, state, regional, and national awards.

NEWS & FEATURES

Healthy Tomorrows program: 226 grants, 47 states, 20 years of progress.
The June 2009 edition of the AAP News highlights the 20th anniversary of the Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children Program. The article includes interviews with the associate administrator for the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Dr Peter van Dyck, along with three Healthy Tomorrows grantees: Dr Gary Smith, Dr David Keller, and Dr Khudsiya Khan.

Shot In The Arm For Children's Care. Orlando News, March 2009.
In 2008 Dr Eva Desrosier at Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children in Orlando Florida was awarded the Leonard P. Rome CATCH Visiting Professorship grant. Drs Veenod Chulani and Eva Desrosier were able to use the Leonard P. Rome CATCH Visiting Professorship program as a catalyst to launch a new community pediatric track for residents. For more information about this program or other opportunities please contact cpti@aap.org.

RESOURCES & TOOLS

CATCH Program Issue Briefs
The CATCH Program, through funding from Hasbro, developed 3 issue briefs to provide additional support and guidance to community-based health program applicants and grantees. The 3 issues briefs are: Implementing CATCH Programs: Strategies for Addressing Common Challenges, Forming and Maintaining Effective CATCH Partnerships: Lessons from the Field, and Bringing Community Pediatrics to Life.

Building Your Medical Home Toolkit
Brought to you by the AAP/MCHB National Center for Medical Home Implementation, the Building Your Medical Home Toolkit supports the primary care pediatrician's development and improvement of a pediatric medical home. It also prepares a pediatric office to apply for and potentially meet the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Physician Practice Connections Patient Centered Medical Home (PPC-PCMH) Recognition Program requirements. The toolkit can help a practice assess and improve its medical home capacity with resources and downloadable tools organized into six building blocks that provide guidance for implementation.

A ROUND OF APPLAUSE

Healthy Tomorrows programs Asian Media Access of Minneapolis, MN and CHIP of Roanoke Valley of Roanoke, VA were selected to participate in the 2009 UCLA/Johnson & Johnson Health Care Executive Program (UCLA/J&J HCEP). More information about the program, click here.

AAP Healthy People 2010 Grant Program for Chapters is happy to announce that five chapters will each receive a $20,000 grant (supported by the AAP Friends of Children Fund) to develop and implement their immunization programs. The winning chapters are: Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio, Rhode Island and Washington.

We Want to Hear From You!

Has your project/agency/activity been featured in the news, a research and professional publication or presentation, or received an award within the last year? If you are interested in sharing your story click here to submit your information. We look forward to learning about you.