AAP Health Initiatives AAP Health Initiatives The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) manages a variety of prominent health initiatives. Clinical Resources Adolescent Sexual Health Breastfeeding Bright Futures Child Abuse and Neglect Congenital Heart Defects Critical Congenital Heart Defects Screening (CCHD) Developmental Surveillance and Screening Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Early Brain and Child Development Early Childhood Screening Epigenetics: Changing "Destinies" Epilepsy E-cigarettes Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Toolkit Food Insecurity Healthy Active Living for Families: Right From the Start program (HALF) Helping Babies Survive Hospice and Palliative Medicine: Resilience Curriculum HPV Toolkit Infantile Hemangiomas Immunization Infantile Spasms LGBT Health and Wellness Medical Home Mental Health NICU Verification National Center on Early Childhood Health and Wellness (NCECHW) Obesity Oral Health Pediatric Endocrinology Fact Sheets Poverty and Child Health PPE: Preparticipation Physical Evaluation Program to Enhance the Health and Development of Infants and Children The Resilience Project Spina Bifida Substance Use Screening and Brief Intervention for Youth Substance Use and Prevention Tobacco Control Trauma Informed Care Community Programs Community Access To Child Health Community Pediatrics Community Pediatrics Training Healthy Tomorrows Immigrant Child Health Immigrant Child Health Resources Environmental Health Climate Change Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units Lead Exposure and Lead Poisoning Media Media and Children Prevention 7 Great Achievements in Pediatric Research Button Batteries Child Abuse Prevention Child Death Review and Prevention Disaster Preparedness Gun Safety Injury, Violence, and Poison Prevention Physician Health & Wellness Practicing Safety Quality Improvement Chapter Alliance for Quality Improvement Health Information Technology Quality Improvement Innovation Networks (QuIIN) School & Child Care Healthy Child Care America Special Populations Autism Deployment and Military Medical Home Foster Care Native American Child Health Fragile X