COMMITTEE ON ACCIDENT PREVENTION

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1964 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. 728-733
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Public Education ◽  
American Academy ◽  
Fire Protection ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Flame Retardants ◽  
National Fire Protection Association ◽  
Accident Prevention ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
Factors Influencing

A study of the flammability of fabrics involved in wearing-apparel fires was conducted co-operatively by the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Accident Prevention and the National Fire Protection Association Committee on Wearing Apparel. A total of 124 fabric samples from 84 accident cases were tested. Of the 124 samples, 94 were of cotton exclusively, bearing out the previously known, but widely unrecognized, fact that cotton is the most flammable of fabrics. All met the currently established standards of normal flammability for fabrics. Other data obtained in the study included age of patients (a total of 84, of whom 41 were children and 7 were aged persons); type of garment (40% were pajamas, nightgowns, bathrobes, or housecoats); and source of ignition (more than half were stoves, heaters, furnaces, or fireplaces). The relative flammability of fabrics are discussed, with attention to the fiber and the weight and weave of the fabric. Other factors influencing wearing-apparel fires include the type and style of garment; the age of the person involved; and the availability of a source of ignition. Legislation concerning standards of acceptability for the flammability of clothing fabrics are outlined, as are the standards of the National Fire Protection Association. The need for a public education program about the hazards of clothing fires is delineated. Current research in the field of chemical flame retardants for fabrics is outlined. Possible steps for reducing clothing fires are listed, with special attention to the pediatrician's role.

Need for More Medical Attention to Accident Prevention Program

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1964 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 586-586
Author(s):  
SAMUEL C. SOUTHARD
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
American Academy ◽  
New York State ◽  
Medical Practitioner ◽  
Accident Prevention ◽  
Medical Attention ◽  
News Letter ◽  
York State ◽  
Missionary Zeal ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics

The Committee on Accident Prevention of the American Academy of Pediatrics recently surveyed a group of pediatricians and general practitioners in New York State to learn more about the role played by the medical practitioner, and especially the pediatrician, in accident prevention. The survey, reported in the August, 1964, News Letter of the Academy, verified the opinion of some committee members that the practicing physician generally neglected to include accident prevention as part of his purpose in patient care and that he lacked a missionary zeal in combating the number one killer and disabler of children.

Remembering As We Look Ahead: The Three E's and Firearm Injuries

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 88 (2) ◽  
pp. 379-383
Author(s):  
MARK D. WIDOME
Keyword(s):  
Young Child ◽  
American Academy ◽  
Passive Immunization ◽  
Active Immunization ◽  
Accident Prevention ◽  
Safety Education ◽  
Childhood Injury ◽  
Firearm Injuries ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
Look Ahead

There was a little man, and he had a little gun, And his bullets were made of lead, lead, lead; He went to the brook, and he saw a little duck, And he shot it through the head, head, head. —Mother Goose Four decades ago, Harry Dietrich,1 a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics' newly established Accident Prevention Committee, described a developmentally based approach to the prevention of childhood injury. Dietrich stressed the great need for protection ("passive immunization") for the young child and for safety education ("active immunization") as the child matures. It was also in the early 1950s that George Wheatley, the first chairman of the Accident Prevention Committee, popularized the "three E's"2—education, enforcement, and engineering—as a framework for developing and categorizing strategies to prevent injuries.

How to Use PIR for Renewal of Certification

1995 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-3
Author(s):  
R J H
Keyword(s):  
American Academy ◽  
Education Program ◽  
The Self ◽  
Certification Program ◽  
Educational Objectives ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
First Time

During 1995, many pediatricians will participate for the first time in the Pediatric Renewal of Certification Program (PRCP). Since Pediatrics in Review (PIR) and the Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP) began in 1979, their material has been integrated with the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) renewal of certification program. The ABP sets the educational objectives (now called content specifications) and develops the examinations. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) develops PREP education materials, PIR, and the Self-Assessment Exercise based on these. Each year PIR covers about 1000 of the more than 4000 content specifications, including at least half of the 900 selected as the basis each year for the cognitive examination.

WELCOMING REMARKS

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1969 ◽  
Vol 44 (5) ◽  
pp. 791-792
Author(s):  
Merritt Low
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
American Academy ◽  
One Health ◽  
The United States ◽  
Field Trials ◽  
Accident Prevention ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
Job Safety ◽  
Developing Area ◽  
Made In

The American Academy of Pediatrics has long been interested in the control of Childhood Injuries; its first formal committee was the Committee on Accident Prevention. The pediatrician is a primary accident preventer and should indeed have a big stake and commitment here. He is basically a "consumer," yet he must be convinced of the product he uses and in turn passes on. Though he has the humility of an amateur, he is allied with the expert and begs for his help. He sees the great strides made by industry, even in the newly developing area of "off-the-job" safety, and the advances made in the therapeutic but not the prophylactic responsibilities of accident prevention as he surveys the situation. Yet, is he truly convinced? If so, he could do more. We exhort ourselves to immunize our children with a safety vaccine, but is this just borrowed jargon? What are the ingredients of the vaccine? Are they dead or alive? Where are the field trials? Where are the proving figures of effectiveness? A hard look shows us that this number one health problem is not being solved. (I scarcely need remind this group of the statistics and facts: 15,000 children under 15, including 5,000 pre-school children, die of accidents in the United States each year; 15 million children go to doctors for care of accidents in a year; all accidents cost the country over 15 billion dollars a year). In our primary reliance on the tool of "education," we fall victims to the fact-of-life fallacy-if we provide facts we automatically get results.

The American Academy of Pediatrics: 90 Years of Caring for Children 1930-2020

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Public Education ◽  
Child Health ◽  
American Academy ◽  
Local Level ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics

The American Academy of Pediatrics celebrates its 90th year in 2020. This collection of articles reprinted from AAP News recaps the Academy's accomplishments by decade and illustrates the organization's remarkably consistent goal of ensuring better health for all children. Highlights include Academy programs to prevent injury, promote immunization, provide professional and public education, create standards for child health, and advocate for legislation that benefits children at the national and local level.

scholarly journals Factors Influencing Pediatrician Retirement: A Survey of American Academy of Pediatrics Chapter Members

2017 ◽  
Vol 188 ◽  
pp. 275-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary E. Rimsza ◽  
Holly Ruch-Ross ◽  
Harold K. Simon ◽  
Thomas W. Pendergass ◽  
Holly J. Mulvey
Keyword(s):  
American Academy ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
Factors Influencing

Medicine Cabinets

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1967 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 467-468
Author(s):  
ROBERT COHEN
Keyword(s):  
American Academy ◽  
Southern California ◽  
Accident Prevention ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
Medicine Cabinet ◽  
California Section

I would like to add a word or two regarding medicine cabinets. As a former member of the American Academy of Pediatrics Accident Prevention Committee of the southern California section I displayed a model of a safety medicine cabinet. An electric switch was installed on the top shelf. It was the same type that lights the bulb in refrigerators or when automobile doors are open. The only modification was that instead of turning on the light when the medicine cabinet door was open it rang a shrill alarm that could be heard throughout the entire house.

Future Events: Pediatrics in Review

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1979 ◽  
Vol 63 (6) ◽  
pp. 937-937 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. J. H.
Keyword(s):  
American Academy ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Major Activity ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
Review Articles ◽  
Future Events

Beginning in subsequent volumes of Pediatrics, readers will find a new section, Pediatrics in Review, a major activity in continuing education of the American Academy of Pediatrics. This 32-page supplement will be included with all copies of Pediatrics for the next two issues. After that, only those readers who subscribe to PREP (Pediatric Review and Education Program), or who elect to subscribe to Pediatrics in Review alone, will receive this within their copies of Pediatrics. This "introductory" offer is designed to acquaint all readers with the continuing education program in the hopes that they will be interested in subscribing. Each issue will contain four to six review articles and several abstracts, together with questions that will allow the reader to determine whether he or she has retained the main points of the article.

The Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP)

1990 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 195-196
Keyword(s):  
American Academy ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Advisory Group ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
New Era ◽  
Roles And Responsibilities ◽  
Self Evaluation ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
Pediatric Education

PREP Advisory Group In 1979, the American Academy of Pediatrics entered a new era in continuing pediatric education with the introduction of the Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP), a coordinated program of continuing education and self-evaluation designed for the practicing pediatrician. Since then, enrollment in PREP has tripled and members have come to rely on Pediatrics in Review and the PREP Self-Assessment examination as valuable and convenient tools for their continuing education. The PREP Advisory Group, established in 1984, is responsible for providing oversight and direction for the PREP program. The major roles and responsibilities of the PREP Advisory Group are: (1) to meet twice annually and report to the Advisory Committee to the Board on Education (ACBOE) on the Academy's PREP Program;

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