PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1952 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
PAUL W. BEAVEN
Keyword(s):  
American Academy ◽  
Private Practice ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Medical Schools ◽  
Public Welfare ◽  
Atlantic City ◽  
Pediatric Practice ◽  
Major Objective ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
Pediatric Education

IT IS now, 21 years since the American Academy of Pediatrics was founded. It is not inappropriate at this time to call attention to this significant anniversary of our birth. In June 1930, at Detroit, its organization was completed and officers were elected. A year later, the first annual meeting was held in Atlantic City. It was made clear at that time that pediatricians were now convinced that a society was needed whose principal objective would be not solely to promote social and scientific needs of its members, but which would exist primarily to promote child welfare. The means by which this major objective would be gained would be to raise the standards of pediatric education and pediatric research; to encourage better pediatric training in medical schools and hospitals; to promote scientific contributions to pediatric literature; and to relate the private practice of pediatrics to the larger field of the welfare of all children. The society should cooperate with others whose objectives were similar, but would he the democratic forum for pediatric thought and endeavor. Following is a quotation from the constitution adopted at the first meeting: "The object of the Academy shall be to foster and stimulate interest in pediatrics and correlate all aspects of the work for the welfare of children which properly come within the scope of pediatrics. The Academy shall endeavor to accomplish the following purposes: to maintain the highest possible standards of pediatric education in medical schools and hospitals, in pediatric practice, and in research; ... to maintain the dignity and efficiency of pediatric practice in its relationship to public welfare; to promote publications and encourage contributions to medical and scientific literature pertaining to pediatrics."

Non–FDA-Reviewed Imported European Formula Use Among Parents in Urban Pediatric Private Practice

2020 ◽  
Vol 59 (6) ◽  
pp. 566-572
Author(s):  
Nan Du ◽  
Dina M. DiMaggio ◽  
Jamila K. Williams ◽  
Ine Leus ◽  
Veronika Shabanova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
American Academy ◽  
Infant Formula ◽  
Private Practice ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Infant Formulas ◽  
Pediatric Practice ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Web Based ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics

In 2018, the American Academy of Pediatrics warned consumers over the increasing use of imported infant formulas. The purpose of this study was to assess the usage of imported European infant formula among parents in a large urban private practice. An anonymous survey was distributed at well-child appointments to a convenience sample of parents at an urban private pediatric practice from November 2017 to March 2018. Of the 750 eligible respondents, 552 (74%) completed the survey. Of the parents using formula, 20% were using imported European infant formulas. The most commonly used formula was Holle (33%), and 72% were acquired from web-based third-party vendors. Parents chose to use these formulas because they believed that European formulas contained better ingredients. Only 8% of parents received information about European infant formula from their pediatricians. Pediatricians need to be aware of these formulas and their risks to educate families on the use and safety of these formulas.

THE PRESIDENT'S PAGE

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1951 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 245-246
Author(s):  
PAUL W. BEAVEN
Keyword(s):  
Child Welfare ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Real Object ◽  
Public Welfare ◽  
Executive Board ◽  
Pediatric Practice ◽  
Large Measure ◽  
Pediatric Education ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

"The object of the Academy shall be to foster and stimulate interest in pediatrics and correlate all aspects of the work for the welfare of children that properly come within the scope of pediatrics. The Academy shall endeavor to establish and maitain the highest possible standards for pediatric education in medical schools and hospitals, pediatric practice and research . . . to maintain the dignity and efficiency of pediatric practice in its relationship to public welfare." The above quotation gives the real object of our organization as formulated by those who wrote our Constitution. The Executive Board believes this object to be the aim to which we are pledged. Details will be described in later columns, for we are organized to carry this out. The Academy will continue to correlate all pediatric aspects of the work for the welfare of children. As a society we will seek to maintain the highest possible standards for pediatric education. We will point out the relationship of pediatric practice to public welfare. By means of strong national committees dealing with child health and by reason of the survey and its subsequent interpretation and by working with other groups interested in child welfare, we have already gone a long way in blazing a trail to that goal our founders envisioned. We have no intention of losing what has been gained nor do we intend to lose our leadership in child welfare. Rather we propose to enhance it. Our membership is composed in large measure of practitioners.

Child Health Services and Pediatric Education; Report of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Commonwealth Fund, New York, 1949

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1949 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 868-869
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Health Services ◽  
American Academy ◽  
Child Health Services ◽  
Commonwealth Fund ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
Pediatric Education ◽  
Education Report ◽  
Nation Wide Survey ◽  
The U.S

The American Academy of Pediatrics has made a nation-wide survey, the first ever undertaken, of all the services and facilities currently available for the medical care and health supervision of infants and children throughout the country. And, because the quality of the health services is largely dependent on the pediatric orientation of the physician, the second half of this study is devoted to an analysis of present-day pediatric education. In the conduct of the study and the analysis of the data, the Academy has had the cooperation of the U.S. Public Health Service and the U.S. Children's Bureau.

NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1970 ◽  
Vol 45 (6) ◽  
pp. 1046-1048
Keyword(s):  
American Academy ◽  
Iowa City ◽  
Fall Meeting ◽  
Pediatric Practice ◽  
University Of Iowa ◽  
Children's Hospital ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
Iowa College ◽  
The University ◽  
Guest Speakers

Course In Pediatrics And Fall Meeting of the University of Iowa and the Iowa chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics will take place in Iowa City, Iowa, September 9 and 10, 1970. Guest speakers will be Drs. Robert Haggerty, Judson Randolph, and Douglas Johnstone. For information write David L. Silber, M.D., Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa 52240. A Conference On Pediatric Practice will be presented by the Denver Children's Hospital at The Lodge at Vail, Vail, Colorado, Septemben 17-19.

Residency Training and Continuing Medical Education in School Health

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 92 (3) ◽  
pp. 495-496
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
American Academy ◽  
Graduate Medical Education ◽  
Continuing Medical Education ◽  
School Health ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Pediatric Practice ◽  
Graduate Medical ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics

Children between the ages of 5 and 18 spend a significant amount of their time in school. School health is a vital part of pediatric practice and an important concern for pediatric graduate medical education. There are few substantiated data, however, to suggest that residents entering pediatric practice or academic medicine are exposed to school health in a significant way. Many pediatricians, upon entering practice, find that they are consulted by school systems and parents whose children have problems related to school. Pediatricians find themselves unprepared for this new role and express the need for postgraduate education in school health.1-4 The American Academy of Pediatrics Task Force on Pediatric Education5 and the most recent report from the Pediatric Residency Review Committee have both underscored the appropriateness and importance of education in school health as an important part of the residency curriculum.6 The American Academy of Pediatrics believes that education in school health should be an important part of graduate medical education for pediatric residents and of continuing medical education for practicing pediatricians. Many advances in pediatrics that affect the well-being of the child relate directly to the school setting. Increased attention to federal legislation (Section 504 of PL 93-112, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; parts B and H of PL 102-119, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act), health education including education about the prevention of drug and alcohol abuse and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, new approaches to screening and health services in the schools, immunization requirements, physical fitness, and knowledge about the school environment—all are important aspects of school health and areas in which many residents and/or pediatricians have had little or no training or experience.

Raising Pediatric Fees

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1959 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 1011-1013
Author(s):  
JAMES L. WILSON
Keyword(s):  
American Academy ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Important Influence ◽  
Good Thing ◽  
Pediatric Practice ◽  
The Public ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
Modern Development ◽  
Professional Teacher

This letter is written to support the idea that it would be a good thing for the children of this country if pediatricians raised their fees. This bald and mercenary-like statement can be made particularly by me without question of a selfish motive, and I make it only to emphasize certain trends in pediatric practice which I think are not to the advantage of the public or of the pediatricians. Most pediatricians work too hard and see too many patients. I assume the privilege of a confirmed professional teacher of pediatricians with a background approaching 30 years, to "point with pride" and "view with alarm" certain trends in pediatric practice. I believe we can name hardly any more important influence for the well-being of the children in this country than the modern development of the practice of pediatrics as influenced by the American Board of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Use of Age Cutoff Policies for Adolescents in Pediatric Practice: Report from the Upper Midwest Regional Physician Survey

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1983 ◽  
Vol 72 (3) ◽  
pp. 420-427
Author(s):  
Michael David Resnick
Keyword(s):  
Task Force ◽  
Adolescent Medicine ◽  
Physician Survey ◽  
Upper Midwest ◽  
Pediatric Practice ◽  
Task Force Report ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
Pediatric Education ◽  
Age Limits ◽  
Age Range

Increased pediatric participation in the health and medical care of adolescents has been encouraged over the last several years, both through the redefinition of the age range of pediatric practice by the American Academy of Pediatrics, and by the 1978 Task Force Report on Pediatric Education. Whereas the Task Force Report enunciated a framework for pediatric leadership in adolescent medicine, little is known about the extent to which adolescents are actually included in pediatric practice. Based upon the findings of the 1980-1981 Upper Midwest Regional Physician Survey, the use of age "cutoff" policies for adolescents is explored. The various types of such policies are examined, in addition to reasons for their use and non-use, the characteristics of pediatricians who include and exclude adolescents from their practice, exceptions made to adolescent age limits, differential enforcement by patient and physician gender, and anticipated changes in cutoff policies in light of projected demographic changes for infants, children and youth, and physician supply.

The Child with a Handicap

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1959 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 561-561
Author(s):  
ERIC DENHOFF
Keyword(s):  
American Academy ◽  
Major Part ◽  
Handicapped Child ◽  
Pediatric Practice ◽  
Past President ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
Show Business ◽  
The Right

Occasionally, a simple, heart-warming document appears unexpectedly to win the public's heart. In the parlance of show business, such a presentation is called a "sleeper," i.e., a film or play that makes a hit. The Child with a Handicap, edited by Dr. Martmer, a past-president of the American Academy of Pediatrics, deserves the right to be called a "sleeper." Those of us who devote a major part of our practice to the handicapped child are often exposed to articles and textbooks which more often complicate an already complicated subject. The Child with a Handicap helps neutralize material which tends towards frightening pediatricians away from knowing more about an important phase of pediatric practice.

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