Log onto the website using your member # and password and click on the Member Center to download this quick dosing chart to answer patients’ questions regarding dosing in children under 3 years of age for both concentrations, as well as healthcare providers’ frequently asked questions regarding the changes.
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McNeil Consumer Healthcare Over-the-Counter Infants’ Tylenol Oral Suspension, 1 oz. Grape Recall
(2/22/12) McNeil has announced a voluntary recall of Infants’ TYLENOL Oral Suspension, 1 oz Grape at the wholesale and retail levels. Click here to read the letter to healthcare professionals from McNeil and the McNeil press release. For consumers who have purchased this product, they may continue to use Infants’ TYLENOL provided the flow restrictor at the top of the bottle remains in place. An instructional video for parents and caregivers has been created and posted on Youtube at http://www.youtube.com/tylenol. McNeil also has a message to parents and caregivers at http://www.tylenol.com/page2.jhtml?id=tylenol/news/subp_tylenol_recall_8.inc.
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Immunizations for Healthcare Providers brochure
NAPNAP surveyed its members to assess their current vaccination rates and knowledge about immunizations required for healthcare providers. As a result, NAPNAP developed a brochure to encourage timely vaccination among healthcare professionals, whcih outlines the adult immunization schedule. NAPNAP hopes that this brochure serves as a key source to help combat the spread of infectious diseases in clinical settings. Please download the Immunizations for Healthcare Providers brochure and share it with your colleagues!
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If you are interested in ordering this free anticipatory guidance, please send your order to Lucretia Karten at lkarten@napnap.org. In your email, please include your name, address, email address, and how many packs you want to order. This guide can be ordered in packs of 25 or 50.
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Asthma Brochures for Parents
The following asthma brochure for parents can now be ordered (for free!) from the CDC Web site or you can download electronic (PDF) versions of the asthma brochures here at - Help Your Child Gain Control Over Asthma (English version): http://www.epa.gov/asthma/pdfs/ll_asthma_brochure.pdf - Ayude a su niño a controlar el asma (Spanish version): http://www.epa.gov/asthma/pdfs/controlar_el_asma.pdf
Looking After Book Series
The Looking After Book series is part of Reckitt Benckiser’s “Family Health Program". These booklets are brought to you in proud partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's "Learn the Signs. Act Early." Campaign, National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP), Visiting Nurse Associations of America (VNAA), and Reckitt Benckiser (the makers of LYSOL® brand products).
These informative guides are FREE for you and your patients to download and print today!
Looking After You and Your Young Child booklet is now available!
(Posted 1/16/09) NAPNAP is pleased to provide another wonderful educational resource, a continuation to the Looking After You and Your Baby booklet. This next booklet contains useful and practical information on topics related to moms with children between 18 months and five years of age. It covers topics such as personal care of mothers and their children, safety issues, child development, child care, and much more. Click here to view all of the chapters, download, and print them today. Make sure to refer your patients and families to this website too!
Looking After You and Your Baby booklet for parents
(Posted 9/14/07) Order this new educational resource FREE today! Throughout the Looking After You and Your Baby guide, you will find useful and practical information on topics that can affect both mother and baby-from handling emotions as a new mom, food safety for mom and her baby, to further references on subjects of particular interest to mothers such as early childhood development.
To view and download the chapters in this excellent resource, click here. To order up to 30 copies of this FREE resource, click here and fill out the online order form. Please allow 6-8 weeks for delivery.
Grandparenting Brochure Available
(Posted 2007) NAPNAP is pleased to share the publication of a brochure in collaboration with AARP: Raising Your Grandchild: Tips for Promoting Positive Behavior Today and for the Future. Click here to download the brochure.
Ready, Set, Grow
The latest issue of NAPNAP's "Voucherzine" Ready, Set, Grow: Raising Healthy Kids is available. You can also check out online.
R.B.'s Activity Book
NAPNAP is pleased to offer you R.B.'s Activity Book, a health activity book for young patients, and it's FREE! This activity book covers health topics such as Oral Care, Hand Hygiene, Healthy Eating, Exercise/Activity, and Safety for children between the ages of 6 and 9. It features over 20 fun, hands-on activities that children can work on in the office setting and take home to complete with their families. It's easy to order - click here to fill out the online order form and request the quantity you need (30 books maximum). You can also You can also go to http://www.lysol.com/healthy-families/cleaning-and-disinfecting/partners-in-germ-prevention#napnap to download and print one or all of the PDF-version activities. For online, interactive games for children from the book, send your patients to http://www.lysol.com/healthy-families/kidz-zone.
Identifying and Responding to Domestic Violence: Consensus Recommendations for Child and Adolescent Health
Identifying and Responding to Domestic Violence is brought to you by the Family Violence Prevention Fund in partnership with American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), Child Witness to Violence Program, and NAPNAP.
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) – Part of the National Institutes of Health
NCCAM’s new online resource, nccam.nih.gov/health/providers, is specifically designed to give health care providers easy access to evidence-based information on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). It includes information on the safety and efficacy of a range of common health practices that lie outside of mainstream medicine—natural products such as dietary supplements, herbs, and probiotics as well as mind-body practices such as meditation, chiropractic, acupuncture, and massage.
NCCAM is charged to study and provide evidence-based information on the safety and efficacy of CAM health practices that are readily available and already used by many people. This Web resource is a way for NCCAM to share this valuable information with all providers and provides reliable, objective, and evidence-based information on CAM, including:
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Safety and effectiveness information
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Links to systematic reviews
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Scientific literature searches on PubMed®
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Programs for continuing education credit
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Patient fact sheets
AHRQ's Effective Health Care Program
The Effective Health Care (EHC) Program is sponsored by AHRQ to help clinicians get access to vital evidence-based bottom-line findings on the effectiveness and risks of treatment options for numerous health conditions. This initiative supports a growing portfolio of patient-centered outcomes research, also known as comparative effectiveness research. Go to http://www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/ to find consumer and clinician guides, CME modules, the Scientific Resource Center (SRC), and much more.
National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) S.T.O.P. Meningtis! Program
(Posted 10/14/10) The S.T.O.P. Meningitis! website includes a resource toolkit designed to help health care professionals implement in-practice meningococcal immunization programs and maximize opportunities to increase meningococcal vaccination rates.
United Nations Millennium Goals
(Posted 7/2310) The United Nations Millennium Development Goals are eight goals that all 191 UN member states have agreed to try to achieve by the year 2015. The United Nations Millennium Declaration, signed in September 2000 commits world leaders to combat poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation, and discrimination against women. The MDGs are derived from this Declaration, and all have specific targets and indicators. To learn more, go to http://www.who.int/topics/millennium_development_goals/en/
Online Resource from the National Center for Cultural Competence
(Posted 3/29/10) Data from the National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs has been developed into vignettes telling stories that illustrate what the data from the Survey mean for individual children and their families. The stories are composites from many families and do not represent any specific family or child. These vignettes can be used to increase understanding of racial and ethnic disparities in achieving the Maternal and Child Health Bureau’s Six Core Outcomes for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs. They can be used for personal learning and development or to augment curricula and training activities for health care providers, policy makers, public health professionals, researchers and agency staff. Each vignette contains links to additional resources related to concepts discussed and a set of questions for discussion. Click here to access the Data Vignettes.
http://www11.georgetown.edu/research/gucchd/nccc/data_vignettes/index.html
USPSTF: Focus on Children & Adolescents
(Posted 8/6/09) The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) is committed to improving the health of America's children and adolescents. To achieve this, the USPSTF makes evidence-based recommendations for children and adolescents, develops new approaches to assess evidence on child health, and convenes a work group dedicated to child health. Go to http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/tfchfocus.htm to learn more.
Two New Resources Are Available from Action for Healthy Kids to Help Youth Make Better Food Choices
(Posted 4/28/09) Action for Healthy Kids has released two resources based on the findings of their 2008 research report, Helping Youth Make Better Food Choices: Perceptions, Barriers and Promising Approaches Among Nutrition, Health and Public Health Professionals. The survey includes the responses of members of NAPNAP regarding their experiences in guiding the children and youth they work with to make food choices in keeping with the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans’ “Food Groups to Encourage,” which include fruits, vegetables, whole grains and low-fat and fat-free milk and milk products, while limiting their intake of “junk” foods that contribute little or no nutritional value to their diets.
The resources developed from that research report include a 12-page guide, Helping Youth Make Better Food Choices: Perceptions, Barriers and Promising Approaches Among Nutrition, Health and Public Health Professionals, which offers opinions of these leading professionals on how to address the most common barriers to helping kids make more healthful food choices. The guide recommends action-oriented steps to overcoming these challenges, and suggests additional resources for related information. Also available are three tip sheets targeted specifically to schools, community organizations, and parents and caregivers, the latter in English- and Spanish-language versions. These tip sheets present key suggestions from the guide in a colorful, user-friendly format that would work equally well as a handout or poster. Both resources are also available at www.ActionForHealthyKids.org.
Medicare Physicians and Non-Physicians Practitioners Internet-Based Medicare Enrollment
(Posted 4/17/09) Now there’s a better way for physicians and non-physician practitioners to enroll or make a change in their Medicare enrollment information. The Internet-based Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS) will allow physicians and non-physician practitioners to enroll, make a change in their Medicare enrollment, or view their Medicare enrollment information on file with Medicare. For information about Internet-based PECOS, including important information that physicians and non-physician practitioners should know before submitting a Medicare enrollment application via Internet-based PECOS, go to www.cms.hhs.gov/MedicareProviderSupEnroll
National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID)
New Online Adolescent Vaccination Toolkit Available for Health Care Professionals
(Posted 1/14/09) The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID), Adolescent Vaccination: Bridging from a Strong Childhood Foundation to a Healthy Adulthood, Call to Action and accompanying toolkit are now available online at www.nfid.org/adolescentimmunization. All materials have been updated to reflect the 2007 National Immunization Survey-Teen (NIS-Teen), recently released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and 2008 CDC expanded influenza vaccination recommendation that includes all children 6 months through 18 years of age.
Improve Influenza Vaccination in Children with Asthma
New resources to help increase influenza vaccination children with asthma are now available from the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID). Click www.nfid.org to access various tools and strategies that can be customized for use in clinical settings to help address immunization barriers and improve parent education. NAPNAP supports the goals of NFID's initiative and encourages members to share these materials with colleagues.
NFID American Journal of Medicine Supplement
(Posted 6/30/08) A supplement to The American Journal of Medicine July 2008 issue, “Expanding the Influenza Vaccination Season: A New Paradigm for Increasing Immunization Rates,” calls on health care providers to increase immunization rates by offering vaccines at every opportunity throughout the entire influenza season. This supplement, sponsored by the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, can be accessed, free of charge, at www.amjmed.com.
Advanced Practice Nursing & Physician Assistants Web Page
(Posted 12/23/08) The Medicare Learning Network (MLN) is pleased to announce the availability of the Advanced Practice Nursing & Physician Assistants (APN/PA) web page. This dedicated web page is for Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) advanced practice nurses and physician assistants who provide services to Medicare beneficiaries. From this web page, you will be able to access and peruse the Medicare FFS program topics in order to keep abreast of policy and operational updates specific to Advanced Practice Nurses and Physician Assistants.
One of the educational resources featured on this webpage is the "Advanced Practice Nurse/Physician Assistant Web-Based Training Program" – this interactive web-based training program provides definitions of the Advanced Practice Nursing/Physician Assistant provider types; outlines the qualifications of the Advanced Practice Nursing/Physician Assistant provider types; describes collaboration/supervision requirements for Advanced Practice Nursing/Physician Assistant Medicare reimbursements; lists the Medicare billing requirements for Advanced Practice Nursing and Physician Assistants; and identification of links to Medicare manuals and other resources.
This web page is updated on a regular basis, so check it often for timely and reliable information from MLN. For more information about the Advanced Practice Nursing and Physician Assistants visit, http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MLNProducts/70_APNPA.asp#TopOfPage on the CMS website.
Educational materials to help prevent the spread of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
(Posted 12/01/08) One of NAPNAP’s Sustaining Members, Reckitt Benckiser, the makers of Lysol, developed materials along with the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) as part of the "Ounce of Prevention" campaign. These educational materials focus on proper hand hygiene and cleaning practices that you can download, post, or distribute as needed and are available at http://www.cdc.gov/ounceofprevention/. You can also find additional information on MRSA at www.cdc.gov.
AHRQ Web Resource Features 100 Examples of Health Care Innovations and Tools
(Posted 9/17/08) AHRQ launched a new Web resource, Health Care Innovations Exchange, that allows health professionals to learn, share, and adopt innovations in the delivery of health services. The resource is the Federal government’s repository for successful health care innovations.
New Medicine Record from the FDA
(Posted 9/20/07) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has a new tool, “My Medicine Record,” to help your patients keep track of the prescription and over-the-counter medicines and dietary supplements they use and to help them exchange this information with you and their other health care professionals. The record can help you review all the products your patient uses, check for possible interactions, make treatment recommendations, and update your records.
Patients can print the record and enter the information by hand. They can also download the record, enter the information on the computer, save it, and print. When something changes only the new information has to be entered. The chart, instructions, and question guide are written in plain language with a font size that makes it useful for consumers of all ages. A link on the site goes to a video on the record’s usefulness. “My Medicine Record” – http://www.fda.gov/cder/consumerinfo/my_medicine_record.htm
The National Environmental Education and Training Foundation (NEETF)
NEETF has a new publication entitled, Environmental Management of Pediatric Asthma: Guidelines for Health Care Providers . The guidelines are designed to help pediatric primary care providers advise families about environmental interventions to help reduce or eliminate triggers for children diagnosed with asthma, the nation's leading pediatric chronic illness. The publication is filled with practical strategies for integrating environmental management of asthma into health professional's curriculum and clinical practice. The guidelines were developed and peer-reviewed by expert panels, including NAPNAP members Karen Rance and Lauren Sorce and are built on current best practices and include competencies for management of environmental asthma triggers in pediatric care; a quick, user-friendly environmental history form; intervention guidelines for specific environmental triggers; patient flyers that are perforated for easy duplication; and references. The guidelines are supplemented by an online list of resources with Web links. Complete guidelines are available at http://www.neetf.org/Health/asthma.htm.
NEETF has launched a new website and environmental health training tools for pediatric health care providers. The website features PowerPoint Presentations and Resources developed by leading experts in the field of pediatric environmental health education.
MCH Library Knowledge Paths
Sleep in Infants, Children, Adolescents, and Pregnant Women The six national Pediatric Pulmonary Training Programs and the MCH Library, all of whom are funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB), have released a new set of resource guides about sleep and sleep disorders in infants, children, adolescents, and pregnant women.
Sleep in Infants, Children, Adolescents, and Pregnant Women: Knowledge Path can be used by health professionals, researchers, and community advocates to learn more about sleep, to improve diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders, for program development, and to locate training resources and information to answer specific questions. The knowledge path is available at http://www.mchlibrary.info/KnowledgePaths/kp_sleep.html.
Sleep in Babies, Kids, Teens, and Pregnant Women: Resources for Families links to sleep centers and specialists and websites about sleep and sleep problems. A separate section presents websites for adolescents. This family resource brief is available at http://www.mchlibrary.info/families/frb_sleep.html.
Sleep: Resources for Schools points to websites and materials for educating students and their families, teachers, and school staff about sleep and sleep disorders. The school resource brief is available at http://www.mchlibrary.info/schools/srb_sleep.html.
Social and Emotional Development in Children and Adolescents
The MCH Library at Georgetown University presents a new knowledge path, Social and Emotional Development in Children and Adolescents. The knowledge path directs readers to a selection of resources that cover topics such as developmental stages; factors that impact social and emotional development; policies and programs to promote social and emotional well-being in homes and community settings; and strategies for integrating health, developmental, and educational services. View the path online at http://www.mchlibrary.info/KnowledgePaths/kp_Mental_Healthy.html. A resource brief for families accompanies the knowledge path and is available at http://www.mchlibrary.info/families/frb_Mental_Healthy.html.
Infant Mortality and Pregnancy Loss
The Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University released a new edition of the knowledge path, Infant Mortality and Pregnancy Loss. The knowledge path directs readers to resources that analyze data, report on research aimed at identifying causes and promising intervention strategies, and describe risk-reduction efforts as well as bereavement-support programs. Separate sections present resources about factors that contribute to infant mortality and pregnancy loss: birth defects, injuries, low birthweight and prematurity, preconception and pregnancy, and safe sleep environments. The knowledge path was created for health professionals, policymakers, researchers, and families. View the path online at http://www.mchlibrary.info/KnowledgePaths/kp_infmort.html. A resource brief for families accompanies the knowledge path and is available at http://www.mchlibrary.info/families/frb_infmort.html.
Adolescent Violence Prevention
The Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University released a new edition of the knowledge path, Adolescent Violence Prevention. The knowledge path directs readers to recent resources from the public health, medical, criminal justice, education, and social services literature that measure, document, and monitor adolescent violence; identify risk and protective factors; and report on promising intervention strategies. Separate sections identify resources on specific aspects of adolescent violence: bullying, dating violence, family violence, firearms, gangs, media violence, school violence, suicide, and violent-crime victimization. The path was created for health and social services professionals, educators, policymakers, and community advocates. View the path online at http://www.mchlibrary.info/KnowledgePaths/kp_adolvio.html. A resource brief for families accompanies the knowledge path and is available at http://www.mchlibrary.info/families/frb_adolvio.html.
Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention
The Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University released a new edition of the knowledge path, Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention. The knowledge path directs readers to a selection of resources that measure, document, and monitor the problem; identify risk and protective factors; and report on promising intervention strategies. The path can be used by health and social services professionals, policymakers, and researchers to learn more about the topic, to develop programs, and to locate training resources and information to answer specific questions. View the path online at http://www.mchlibrary.info/KnowledgePaths/kp_adolpreg.html. A resource brief for families accompanies the knowledge path and is available at http://www.mchlibrary.info/families/frb_adolpreg.html.
Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment (EPSDT) Services in Medicaid
The Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University released a new edition of the knowledge path, Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment (EPSDT) Services in Medicaid. The knowledge path includes guidelines for the frequency, timing, and content of health-promotion and disease-prevention services for infants, children, and adolescents. Separate sections present resources for professionals (health professionals, program administrators, policymakers, and researchers) and for families. A special topics area lists resources about oral health services as part of the EPSDT benefit. View the path online at http://www.mchlibrary.info/KnowledgePaths/kp_EPSDT.html.
Edition About Diabetes in Children and Adolescents
The MCH Library released a new knowledge path edition about diabetes in children and adolescents that includes resources about the types of diabetes, its prevalence, treatment and care, and lowering the risk of complications. This electronic resource guide also identifies tools for staying abreast of new developments in pediatric diabetes research.
The knowledge path is intended for health professionals, program administrators, educators, and researchers, and a separate section identifies resources for families. View it online at http://www.mchlibrary.info/KnowledgePaths/kp_diabetes.html. Knowledge paths on other maternal and child health topics are available, See: http://mchlibrary.info/KnowledgePaths/index.html.
Child and Adolescent Health Insurance and Access to Care
This electronic resource guide is aimed at health professionals, program administrators, policymakers, and researchers. Emphasis is placed on resources about Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). The knowledge path includes a section on child and adolescent health coverage campaigns, and a separate section lists resources for families.
View the path online at http://www.mchlibrary.info/KnowledgePaths/kp_insurance.html.