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Childhood Obesity Clinician Toolkit

By |2021-04-20T08:48:57-07:00November 27th, 2013|Prevention|

The Arizona Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics recently updated their collection of hands-on tools that can be easily integrated into clinical practice. The tools are designed to help clinicians to incorporate clinical evidence-based recommendations for obesity prevention, assessment, treatment and referral into their practice. They’ve included a document that can be folded to [...]

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AZ Leads the Way in Emergency Care for Kids

By |2017-02-10T09:51:13-07:00April 17th, 2012|Prevention|

One of the best ways to improve outcomes for kids that have a medical emergency is to have a statewide network of emergency departments that focus on specific “kid-based” criteria for training, equipment, and facilities.  Arizona is now one of only 5 states that have implemented a specialized pediatric emergency care system- a system that [...]

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New Certification for Kids Emergency Care

By |2017-02-10T09:51:33-07:00September 27th, 2011|General, Preparedness|

A trip to the emergency room with a sick or injured child is one of a parent’s worst nightmares, but it’s not uncommon.  Last year in Arizona there were just over 400,000 emergency department visits by children ages 0–14.  Not all hospital emergency rooms are equally equipped to provide care specific to children.   Arizona is [...]

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