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Current Collaborations
AAP: American Academy of Pediatrics
Mental Health
- ♦ "Healthy Foster Care America" National Foster Care Initiative by the AAP Section on Adoption and Foster Care (SOAFC) and the Committee on Early Childhood, Adoption, and Dependent Care (COECADC) funded by the AAP Friends of Children Fund to address the physical, developmental, and mental health care needs of children in foster care
Nutrition/Physical Activity/Obesity
- ♦ Programs to Improve the Health, Education, and Well-Being of Young People - Obesity Prevention (funded by CDC). The project will establish partnerships with national education and health organizations to support and strengthen obesity prevention efforts at the state and community level, developing a school obesity prevention resource guide, and conducting an educational seminar on coordinated school health and obesity prevention for pediatricians from selected chapters.
Other
- ♦ The Bright Futures Education Center (BFEC) and Bright Futures Pediatric Implementation Project (PIP), both funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) of the Health Resources and Services Administration, are in the middle of Year 3 activities of the 5-year cooperative agreements. The 4 Expert Panels (Age/Stage), consisting of 38 members, are continuing to revise the Bright Futures: Guidelines for Health Supervision of Infants, Children, and Adolescents.
- ♦ Schooled in Asthma project (cooperative agreement with the CDC Division of Child and Adolescent Health) to develop, implement and evaluate a training program encouraging pediatricians to incorporate school health concepts with current asthma treatment guidelines. The American Lung Association (ALA) and National Association of School Nurses (NASN) are also funded partners of the CDC Asthma Initiative and are implementing their respective programs in New York City.
Reproductive Health
- ♦ Pediatricians and Parents Matter Initiative - an outgrowth of a collaborative effort between CDC, the Committee on Pediatric AIDS (COPA), the Committee on Adolescence (COA) and the Committee on Psychosocial Aspects of Child and Adolescent Health (COPACHF)
Substance Use
- ♦ Club Drug Awareness and Education Campaign (AAP Committee on Substance Abuse [COSA] and the Partnership for a Drug-Free America [PDFA] and the Consumer Healthcare Products Association [CHPA])
Violence
- ♦ Violence Intervention and Prevention Program (VIPP) - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has provided a second year of funding to support development of an AAP violence prevention infrastructure to facilitate implementation of AAP violence prevention priorities developed at the April 2003 Violence Prevention Symposium. Activities will include enhancing interaction with other organizations and initiatives, initiating an external gaps analysis, VIPP dissemination and promotion, continued planning for the competencies project, and planning for development of a research agenda on the role of health care providers in youth violence prevention
- ♦ The Health CARES Network - Child Abuse Research, Education, and Services - the proposal that suggests a legislative framework for a national network of child abuse prevention, research, and treatment centers will be shared with appropriate federal agencies for comment and possible funding to support the centers.
- ♦ Participants in child abuse and neglect initiative spearheaded by the National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI)
ABA: American Bar Association
Mental Health
- ♦ Co-sponsoring national conference with APA
Reproductive Health
- ♦ Collaborating with national organizations on statutory rape issue -- National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, ChildTrends, DHHS • Collaborating with national organizations on statutory rape issue -- National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, ChildTrends, DHHS
Violence
- ♦ Collaborating on ABA's National Teen Dating Violence Initiative, spearheaded by ABA Steering Committee on the Unmet Legal Needs of Children
Youth Development/Adolescent Well-Being
- ♦ Collaborating with NASW on how social workers and lawyers can work together to promote positive youth development and well-being when they come in contact with youth; participate in American Academy of Pediatrics national networking effort on adolescent health
ACPM: American College of Preventive Medicine
Nutrition/Physical Activity/Obesity
- ♦ Active member of the National Alliance for Nutrition and Activity (NANA): promote healthy food choices in schools, vending machines, etc. Update the nutritional guidelines for WIC program, promote physical activity in school.
Other
- ♦ ACPM is a one of the Partners in Program Planning for Adolescent Health (PIPPAH)
Substance Use
- ♦ Coalition to Prevent Alcohol Problems: restrict marketing of alcohol-related products to youth
Violence
- ♦ Contributed to the development of AMA's Violence Prevention for Adolescents Policy and Resource Guide
ANA: American Nurses Association
Mental Health
- ♦ ANF-PIPPAH is partnering with NAPNAP and ACAPN to develop article on mental health for publication in Nursing Outlook supplement
Nutrition/Physical Activity/Obesity
- ♦ ADA-PIPPAH member to ANA-PIPPAH's Planning Task Team Partnering with NABN to develop article for publication in Nursing Outlook supplement
Reproductive Health
- ♦ ANF - PIPPAH Continuing Education Unit - Anticipatory Guidance for Parents or adolescents for Positive Youth Development included in ACNW Thrive Resource CD-ROM Partnering with ACNW and AWHONN to develop article for publication in Nursing Outlook supplement
Unintentional Injury
- ♦ ANF-PIPPAH Staff consulting with all ANF Nursing organization partners to develop article on unintentional injuries
Violence
- ♦ ANF-PIPPAH Staff consulting with TAANA and ACAPN partners to develop article on violence
ASHA: American School Health Association
Mental Health
- ♦ ASHA's PIPPAH Partners: American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Federation of Teachers, American School Counselors Association, Center for Innovation in Public Mental Health, Center for School Mental Health Assistance, Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning, National Association of School Psychologists, National Association of School Resource Officers, National Association of Secondary School Principals, National Association of State Directors of Special Education, National Association of State School Nurse Consultants, National Association of Social Workers, National Network of Safe & Drug Free Schools & Communities Coordinators, State Adolescent Health Coordinators Network, Technical Assistance Alliance for Parents Centers
- ♦ Second National Task Force on Confidential Student Health Information: American Academy of Pediatrics, American Bar Association, American Federation of Teachers, Council for Exceptional Children, National Assembly on School-Based Health Care, National Association of Elementary School Principals, National Assoiation of School Psychologists, National Association of Social Workers, National Association of State Directors of Special Education, National Athletic Trainers Association, National Federation of State High School Associations, National Parent Teacher Association, National School Boards Association
CDC/DASH: {org_name}
Comprehensive
Konopka: Konopka Institute
- ♦ Planning 2004 DHHS Regions V and VII MCH Leadership Conference: MCH Program at U of IL Chicago School of Public Health
- ♦ Resource Sharing and Promotion: Univ of MN Prevention Research Center
- ♦ Development of Adolescent Health Distance Education Training: Rocky Mountain Public Health Education Consortium
Mental Health
- ♦ Strategic Planning Guide with NAHIC
- ♦ Communications and Field Support: Minnesota Out of School Time Partnership — 4HCenter for Youth Development, State of MN, McKnight Foundation, various local organizations
- ♦ Communications, Partnership, Logic Model Workgroups: NIIAH
Nutrition/Physical Activity/Obesity
- ♦ Systems Capacity Initiative: AMCHP & SAHCN
- ♦ Adolescent Health Leadership Forum
- ♦ Minnesota Teen Pregnancy State Plan Group: Univ of Minnesota Prevention Research Center, Minnesota Org for Teen Pregnancy, Parenting and Prevention, State of MN Depts
Substance Use
- ♦ Planning of Annual Meeting: SAHCN
- ♦ Web site development: SAHCN and UCLA
LEAH - Baylor: {org_name}
Mental Health
- ♦ CDC, MCHB & AAP: Texas State Mental Health Advisory Committee, Improving mental health in youth in Texas
- ♦ Texas Adolescent Mental Health in Primary Care Initiative sponsored by the American Academy of Pediatrics
- ♦ NIAID Pediatric Aids Clinical Trial Group: PACTG Capacity Building for Adolescent Protocols
- ♦ Senior Executive Financial Officers for KPMG, Houston, TX , Adolescent Issues
- ♦ Texas Children's Hospital, Allergy and Immunology Section, Medical and Psychological Worlds of HIV + Youth
- ♦ Society for Adolescent Medicine (SAM) liaison to the Steering Committee for the Center for the Advancement of Children's Mental Health at Columbia University: Development of Clinical Guidelines for Adolescent Depression in Primary Care
- ♦ Harris County Hospital District, Ben Taub Hospital, Adolescent Clinic, Individual and family therapy
Nutrition/Physical Activity/Obesity
- ♦ CDC, expert panel on physical activity convened
- ♦ American Dietetic Association, Houston spokesperson for media
- ♦ Rice University, Houston, TX - Nutrition & obesity courses
- ♦ Houston Texans NFL franchise, consultant
- ♦ Houston Ballet - Dance instructors, medical staff and administration to provide nutritional care to ballerinas
- ♦ International Congress of Dietetics - Complementary & alternative medicine
- ♦ Texas Children's Hospital - Managing diabetes in children
- ♦ Transition Conference, Houston, TX - Secondary prevention of obesity in children with special health care needs
- ♦ Prairie View A & M School of Nursing - Nutrition assessment for nurses
- ♦ Houston Area Dietetic Association, Houston, TX - Dietary approaches in diabetes management
- ♦ International Congress of Dietetics, policy development
- ♦ Teen Health Summit, Houston, TX - Nutrition & eating disorders
- ♦ University of Texas School of Public Health, Nutritional & medical care of clients with eating disorders
- ♦ Sports Medicine Examination Committee, American Board of Pediatrics
- ♦ Medical Director, Texas Children's Hospital Youth Fitness Run, Houston, Texas
- ♦ Houston Independent School District, Teen Clinics
Other
- ♦ GlaxoSmithKline (sponsored by Society for Adolescent Medicine) - CME program materials regarding immunization for adolescents
- ♦ Aventis Pasteur - Immunization program
- ♦ Hep B Immunization Program, City of Houston, Department of Health and Human Services, Houston
- ♦ Media (radio and TV), Immunization program
- ♦ National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) Summit, Washington, D.C. - Disparity Vaccination Issues Among Adults and Adolescents
- ♦ Region IV, Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN)
- ♦ Region IV, Title V Directors
- ♦ Collaborating with AUCD and the MCHB on identifying leadership training strategies
- ♦ CDC/NIIAH, how are states attempting to meet 21 critical health objectives
- ♦ Society for Adolescent Medicine - Directions for advocacy promotion
- ♦ Society for Adolescent Medicine & Pediatric Academic Societies - Advocating alliance
- ♦ Christian Medical College & Hospital, Vellore, University of MG Ramachandran (Madras), Tamil Nadu, India - Consultant
- ♦ Indian Pediatric Society, adolescent community health services
- ♦ MCHB Region IX, state needs assessment methodology
- ♦ Society for Adolescent Medicine, Board oversight of Society
- ♦ HRSA/MCHB, Nursing leadership training grants panel member
- ♦ NAPNAP (North Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates & Practitioners) - Health & cultural competency, adolescent sexuality, approach to the adolescent patient, adolescent interview
- ♦ Society for Adolescent Medicine (SAM) & Texas Women's University, College of Nursing, Bone Mineral Density in a Cohort of Adolescent Women Using Depotmedroxyprogesterone Acetate (DMPA) for one to two Years
- ♦ Texas Woman's University College of Nursing, Houston, Guest speaker, Advanced Health Assessment and Differential Diagnosis: Women's Health Exam
- ♦ Houston Independent School District (HISD), Teen Clinics
- ♦ Society for Adolescent Medicine, Do predictors of educational achievement among adolescent mothers differ by race/ethnicity?
- ♦ Member, Health Advisory Council, Houston Independent School District, Houston, Texas
- ♦ Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs, Washington, DC, Associate Member
- ♦ Member, Medical Advisory Committee, University Interscholastic League (UIL), Member
- ♦ Texas Children's Hospital Houston, Houston, TX - How to protect your teen from peer pressure
- ♦ Texas University, Houston, TX - Health management of adolescents
- ♦ Texas Department of Health, Texas Nurses Association, Texas Health Steps Education Center - Health & cultural competency
Reproductive Health
- ♦ Planned Parenthood, Teen Clinic Patient and Resources Committee and faculty practice funded by Title X
- ♦ Texas Woman's University College of Nursing, professor
- ♦ Houston Independent School District, Teen Clinics
- ♦ University of Texas, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Section of Behavioral Services, Houston, TX, collaborating with co-investigators who provide expertise in application of the Transtheoretical Model to STI screening in young women—for research project to test a behavioral intervention to promote STI screening in young women
- ♦ Emory University, Atlanta, GA, consult with a social scientist on all aspects of the project to test a behavioral intervention to promote STI screening in young women
- ♦ University of Houston, University of Texas Health Science Center Houston, School of Public Health - Application of Transtheoretical Model to change in STD screening in young women
- ♦ University of Houston, University of Texas Health Science Center Houston, School of Public Health - Epidemiology of child & adolescent health course
- ♦ Christian Medical College & Hospital, Vellore, University of MG Ramachandran (Madras), Tamil Nadu, India - Young Women's Health
- ♦ National Youth Leadership Forum, Houston, TX - Young Women's Health
- ♦ National Institute on Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID), STDs in Young Women: A Stage-Based Intervention
- ♦ Columbus Children's Hospital, Columbus Ohio, Adolescent Pregnancy and Parenting
- ♦ MCHB, HRSA, Division of State and Community Health, reviews for abstinence education grant programs
- ♦ Pediatric AIDA Clinical Trials Group (PACTG), International Clinical Training Program, Bangkok, Thailand, HIV disclosure
Substance Use
- ♦ CDC, MCHB & AAP; Texas State Mental Health Advisory Committee, reducing substance abuse in youth in Texas
- ♦ AAP - development of educational materials
Violence
- ♦ Texas Department of Protective & Regulatory Services, Harris County, Gulfton Community Youth Development Program - CLOUD-SEARCH (Community Leadership: Observing & Understanding Differences-Strengthening Education & Economics for Adolescent Females Reaching for Careers & Health), Leadership and life-skills psycho-educational curriculum for Hispanic youth ages 14-19; peer counseling leadership
- ♦ Pediatric Academic Societies, Date and acquaintance rape among urban female adolescents: Prevalence and risk factors
LEAH - UCSF: {org_name}
Mental Health
- ♦ Work with Department of Public Health and San Francisco Health Plan to increase access to mental health services for teens
Nutrition/Physical Activity/Obesity
- ♦ WATCH Clinic - Collaboration with Peds Endo & community to establish obesity clinic for teens and children at UCSF
Other
- ♦ Adolescent Health Working Group - Department of Public Health collaboration on development of toolkit for providers on teen health
- ♦ "Synergy" - developed a CBO network and health plan for youth of Vallejo, CA
- ♦ Collaborate with Job Corps at Treasure Island, San Francisco, CA, to provide physical, mental and preventive health services to Job Corps Trainees
Reproductive Health
- ♦ Office of Family Planning (State) - to increase chlamydia screening of teens
- ♦ Collaborate with New Generations Clinic and provide reproductive health care and research to boys and girls
Substance Use
- ♦ Training relationships with faculty and services at Haight Ashbury Clinic
NAHIC: National Adolescent Health Information Center
Comprehensive
- ♦ PIC (Partners in Communication): exchange resources, attend meetings, ongoing
- ♦ Family Voices: collaborated on newsletter, other documents planned
- ♦ Amer. Acad. Ped. Dentistry: forthcoming Oral Health fact sheet
Mental Health
- ♦ UCLA Center for Mental Health in the Schools: collaborating on MH brief
Other
- ♦ Rocky Mountain Consortium
NASW: National Association of Social Workers
Nutrition/Physical Activity/Obesity
- ♦ ABA/NASW joint project titled "Social Workers and Lawyers Working Together in the Family and Juvenile Court System"; project will consist of fact sheets and a PowerPoint presentation
PIPPAH - AMA: {org_name}
Comprehensive
- ♦ Developed powerpoint presentation on adolescent health
Policy Center: {org_name}
Mental Health
- ♦ UCLA Center for Mental Health in the Schools: collaborating on MH brief
Middle Childhood
- ♦ Collaborating with HA & GA
Other
- ♦ Amer. Acad. Ped. Dentistry: forthcoming Oral Health fact sheet
SAHCN: State Adolescent Health Coordinators Network
- ♦ AMCHP partnership: System Capacity Tool
- ♦ Annual meeting: multiple partners
- ♦ UCLA SMHP: listserve and website host
