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- Job Opportunity
- Pediatric Jambalaya Conference,
Annual Spring CME Activity
Saturday, May 3, in Lafayette, LA.
- Newsletter, March 2008

- The Louisiana Chapter of the AAP is working with the Partnership for Children and Families to raise awareness of children's issues during the 2007 election cycle. A series of policy briefs have been developed to inform the candidates about children's needs. Links to each brief are provided below so that you may review the briefs and use them to inform your dialogue with candidates:
- School Health Forms
- DHH's Submission to CMS relative to Health Care Redesign
- The Report of the LA Health Care Redesign Collaborative
- Infants and Toddlers Must Have PCV7 Vaccine for Daycare
- "Back to Sleep" Flyer and Tip Sheet
- Katrina and Rita: Response and Recovery
Information for Parents and Teachers (doc)
- Hurricane Relief
The Chapter is accepting donations through the LA AAP Foundation, PO Box 64629, Baton Rouge, LA 70896, for Hurricane Relief efforts directed to child health issues. Funds will be used to support children's needs and to assure the rebuilding of pediatric services in devastated areas.
- Explanations & Therapies for Penicillin Failure in Streptococcal Pharyngitis: A FREE 1 hour CME webinar
- International Child Health Rotation Grants
- Double Nickel Means 55 and Going Strong: Questionaire
- New CPT Codes for Immunizations
- Online Toolkit On Childhood And Adolescent Depression And Anxiety
- Early Steps -- (Formerly known as ChildNet) The Office of Public Health became the lead agency
for Part C of the Individuals with Disabilites Education
Act (IDEA), in 2003. This site has information
about how this program for infants and toddlers with disabilities
will be changed.
- JOB
BANK -- Using the AAP's PedJobs, members are allowed
to search for jobs and post opportunities in a national
database exclusively for pediatritions.
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- Dedicated
to increasing involvement of pediatricians in the legislative
arena to positively influence the quality of pediatric
practice and the welfare of children in Louisiana.
- Dedicated
to increasing pediatricians' knowledge of and participation
in legislative and advocacy activities at a local level.
- Dedicated
to building coalitions with other organizations working
towards improving childrens health and well-being.
- Dedicated
to promoting the interests of Louisiana pediatricians
in the American Academy of Pediatrics.
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