Pennsylvania Chapter Of The American Academy Of Pediatrics

Traffic injury prevention project (tipp) provides technical assistance, audiovisual resources, materials, and training for parents, care providers, hospitals and law enforcement personnel on all traffic safety issues affecting children and adolescents, including car seat safety, seatbelts and airbags, pedestrian and bicycle safety, school bus safety, and teen driving.some key accomplishments in 2023-2024 include:- continuing medical education for hospital staff and pediatric primary care practices with over 400 participants- quarterly distribution of child passenger safety updates to pediatric practices and annual survey of pa hospitals that have labor and delivery services- delivered more than 7,700 child safety seats to loan programs and fitting stations across the commonwealth- responded to more than 16,000 phone and email requests, and over 140,000 website visits- distributed more than 6,400 child passenger safety week planners to a variety of partners including child passenger safety technicians, hospitals, maternity floor nurse managers, pediatric practices, child care providers, etc.

The pa aap's breastfeeding initiatives are funded by the pa department of health. Programs include assisting pennsylvania's birthing facilities in quality improvement by supporting their adoption and implementation of evidence-based maternity care practices and improving state-wide initiation, duration and exclusive breastfeeding rates by encouraging birthing facilities to join the ten steps to successful breastfeeding initiative. Our first food initiative is focused on encouragng and supporting chest/breastfeeding beyond the hospital. Everyone in the community has a role to play in supporting a parent and baby in their breastfeeding journey. First food identifies community partners and engages in collaborative efforts throughout pennsylvania to increase the availability and access to policies and programs that support breastfeeding. Breastfeeding is important and when we support it, we support healthier moms, healthier babies and healthier communities.