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Talking to Children About The Election: My blog on
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In new
#AAPVoices post on adolescent depression,@NerissaBauer explains “asking about psychosocial health, and making teens feel comfortable enough to discuss it, is just as important as taking vitals.” https://www.aap.org/en-us/aap-voices/Pages/Adolescent-Depression.aspx … via@AmerAcadPeds -
Already traumatized by violence they encountered back home and on their harrowing journey to the United States, immigrants experience additional traumas once they arrive and seek asylum
#AAPvoices. https://www.aap.org/en-us/aap-voices/Pages/Childhood-Immigration-and-Access-to-Care.aspx … via@AmerAcadPeds -
"...With the many lasting ways fetal alcohol exposure can affect children, Dr.
@ReneeTurchi writes in#AAPvoices, early access to treatment, resources, and supportive, integrated care can make a... https://www.aap.org/en-us/aap-voices/Pages/Expanding-the-Neighborhood.aspx … -
Limiting screen time is important.But sometimes co-viewing selected movies is a good way to spark important conversations with older children and teens writes Dr Moreno in
#AAPvoices. So whats the last movie you watched with your kid-what conversations did it start?#StartTalkinghttps://twitter.com/AmerAcadPeds/status/1003726876051992576 …
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In
#AAPvoices, my colleague@austinpcc, Dr. Louis Appel, describes asylum-seeking parents at the southern U.S. border desperate to escape their home countries to protect their children. https://www.aap.org/en-us/aap-voices/Pages/An-Immigration-System-in-Need-of-Healing.aspx … via@AmerAcadPeds -
With 26,000 bike-related brain injuries each year, many children (& adults) still DO NOT wear helmets. In
#AAPvoices,@navsaria on why he’s so thankful his wife wears hers, and why he always urges patients & families to do the same.@morgansnyder please get and wear a helmet -
7000 pairs of shoes for 7000 children killed since Sandy hook. Another remind of the importance of the work we do
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Hateful speech hurts. Let’s protect and care for immigrant children. See my
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Honored to blog on
@AmerAcadPeds Voices to bring awareness to the complex ways non-communicable diseases affect girls and women across the lifespan.#AAPVoices#UNGA#NCDs#enoughNCDs#tweetiatricianhttps://twitter.com/AmerAcadPeds/status/1038132327711428609 …
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Many families struggle to find, and keep, safe and affordable places to live. Because housing status has such a profound impact on the health of children, Dr. Christine Ma writes in
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To help “immunize” parents against epidemic vaccine misinformation, Dr
@eliza_varadi shares how she knows first-hand that delaying or skipping immunizations does nothing but endanger the child and everyone around them.#AAPvoices. https://www.aap.org/en-us/aap-voices/Pages/Vaccine-Philosophy.aspx … -
Stunned by news images of shoeless children running from clouds of tear gas at the U.S. border near San Diego, Dr. Lisa Gantz prepared for the sad possibility she might soon be treating young patients for exposure.
#AAPvoices http://ow.ly/ShL430mZFqu pic.twitter.com/rHt9MrFxYM
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Working in the ER, I've seen missing toes, fingers, and whole limbs from lawnmower injuries. If there's something off with the mower, PLEASE don't reach into the blades or stick your foot in there.
#LawnMowerSafety#AAPVoices https://twitter.com/AmerAcadPeds/status/1011700704388571142 …
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In
#AAPvoices, Dr. Michael Yogman explains why AAP now encourages pediatricians to write prescriptions for daily play. https://www.aap.org/en-us/aap-voices/Pages/Helping-Families-Reclaim-the-Power-of-Play.aspx … via@AmerAcadPeds -
“In
#AAPvoices, Drs. Juniper Lee Park & Trevor Valentine urge providers and policymakers to support, rather than punish, women dealing with socio-economic stress that gets in the way of adequate prenatal care.” https://www.aap.org/en-us/aap-voices/Pages/Support-Rather-Than-Scold-Mothers-Who-Don%27t-Seek-Prenatal-Care.aspx … via@AmerAcadPeds -
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@AmerAcadPeds: Dr. Dale Jarka, a pediatric orthopaedic surgeon who treats far too many children seriously injured by lawn mowers, urges a stronger push for#lawnmowersafety.#AAPvoices http://ow.ly/Eyww30kG43E pic.twitter.com/Epjb5VPrwB
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Dr. Robert Murray on why
#SchoolBreakfast is important. “School nurses know what happens when children don’t get breakfast: headaches and stomach aches. Teachers know, too: distracted and irritable kids.”#NSBW18#AAPVoices https://www.aap.org/en-us/aap-voices/Pages/Breakfast.aspx … via@AmerAcadPeds -
Sharing today’s reply from the AAP:Statement on Continuing Resolution to Fund the Federal Government. Is this the Christmas gift America’s children deserve? Our youngest citizens are dependent on more enlightened Congressional. action in 2018. https://shar.es/1MR4bT
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Educate yourself and others about topics that are difficult to understand and accept
@AmerAcadPeds#AAPVoices#LGBTQhttps://twitter.com/ameracadpeds/status/719980975430746112 …
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