Quarterly Report, September 2015
The Committee on Youth and Adolescents had its last meeting on 6/17/15 and a review of the responses to the Concussion Survey comprised the bulk of the meeting.
The outcome of the discussion was to:
- Prepare an Abstract for SAHM to be distributed and to serve as the beginning of a manuscript
- Develop a plan to create a Webinar by soliciting names of experts for the Webinar – perhaps reaching out to NYC and Cornell existing programs as well as University of Pittsburgh Concussion Center, Heads Up program at CDC
- Will review Canadian Neurology Guidelines and investigate curriculum for Webinar given the disparate modes of evaluation and care in practice
Some discussion was had regarding the Next Project – Educational Agenda was adopted with planned content to address:
- LGBTQ – working and reaching out to youth – standards of care; some work in place currently beginning with Pride for Youth; Pediatricians need support and education
- HIV & STI updates – implementation of early identification and treatment approaches; some practices STI test all teens regardless of history over age 15yo
- PrEP and PEP guidelines
- Vaccine acceptance/resistance
Respectively submitted,
Linda Carmine, MD, FAAP
Chair, Committee on Youth and Adolescence