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We're proud to be working with Ladder to implement the Surviving Adolescence Parenting Program. Now that the first round of parents have graduated, the results speak for themselves! ⭐ 100% of parents believe that their relationship with their child improved. ⭐ 100% of parents feel more confident in opportunities to connect with their child. ⭐ 100% of parents felt the Surviving Adolescence program provided them with the relevant tools to build their relationship with their family. When parents were asked to describe the program using one word, words including 'helpful', 'informative', 'caring', 'involved', 'empowering', 'safe space' and 'calm' were mentioned.

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February is National #HeartMonth! ❤️ Collaborative efforts by researchers, industry, & many others have improved outcomes for heart failure patients! While celebrating these advancements, our commitment to progress continues. As we kick off heart month, we are excited to expand quality improvement, education, research, and best practice initiatives across the network, as well as engage with Global centers and increase advocacy efforts in the pediatric heart failure space. We'd love to hear your new ideas for the year ahead! #PedsHF #PedsVAD #Collaboration See less

While crucial for low-income families, WIC's procurement practices may inadvertently drive up formula prices for others. Reform is needed to ensure market resilience and equitable access to infant nutrition. The Federal Trade Commission’s report on the infant formula market highlights how programs like WIC contribute to market concentration, posing risks of supply disruptions. Despite WIC's cost-effectiveness and positive impact on low-income families, there are unintended consequences. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gk5TrGK2 Join Groundwork Ohio, Ohio Department of Health, Ohio Child Care Resource and Referral Association (OCCRRA), Ohio Association of Foodbanks, and Share Our Strength for a virtual conversation about how Ohio can help support healthy nutrition strategies for children, even in the face of challenges like the formula market. Register here: https://lnkd.in/eh822csC

Deeply honored to be partnered with this amazing group from University of St Andrews, The University of Edinburgh, NHS Fife, NHS Highland and so many others on highly significant work managing acute unscheduled and end-of-life care. 🔍 The project emerged amid unprecedented pressure on the country’s unscheduled care services, driven by workforce shortages, demographic changes, and widespread multimorbidity (when a person has two or more long-term health conditions). In 2022, Accident & Emergency waiting times hit record levels, and over a quarter-million calls to NHS24 went unanswered. Alongside these services, unscheduled care also includes General Practice Out-of-Hours (GPOOH) and the Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS). 🩺 Research shows that one group frequently using these services is individuals in their last year of life. Although essential, unscheduled care often isn’t the most appropriate option for them, relying on a reactive approach rather than nuanced, anticipatory, and coordinated planning. This can lead to fragmented, expensive, and less effective care, causing additional distress to patients and their families. 💡 Our program will leverage machine learning and artificial intelligence to analyze existing healthcare data and predict future patterns of unscheduled care use by patients in their last year of life. This will help identify those who may need social care reviews, prescribing interventions, or other anticipatory care measures, ultimately reducing their reliance on unscheduled care. 🌟 Excited to be part of this transformative initiative! #HealthcareInnovation #AIinHealthcare #PatientCare #EndOfLifeCare #UnscheduledCare Yale School of Medicine Yale Emergency Medicine Yale Biomedical Informatics & Data Science Yale School of Public Health

Maria Paula Henao, MD, recently shared her knowledge and expertise as a planner and participant in the Project ECHO (Extension for Community Health Outcomes) clinician education series on understanding PI. Learn more about the project focused on helping health care professionals recognize the signs of PI to take appropriate and timely steps to diagnosis: https://bit.ly/4aGTZAu

UPCOMING WEBINAR: Certified Child Life Specialist Perceptions Of Animal Assisted Therapy On Their Psychosocial and Psychological Well-being In The Clinical Settings Description: The upcoming webinar presentation will discuss an exploratory cross-sectional research design that focuses on the psychological and psychosocial well-being benefits of Certified Child Life Specialists (CCLS) who serve as animal handlers in a pediatric hospital. The study involved 6 CCLS from a single pediatric hospital, who answered a 38-question survey created by the researcher and faculty supervisor. The research findings highlight both the benefits and drawbacks of Animal-Assisted Therapy (AAT) and examine the impact of AAT on the psychological and psychosocial well-being of CCLS. May 15, 1 PM EST 1 PDU, Assessment Register now: https://ow.ly/6utk50Rv2pX

🚨 Two Young Lives Lost to Sudden Cardiac Arrest in the DMV 🚨 In just under two weeks, two young athletes tragically died on the football fields of Hopewell, VA, and Reisterstown, MD, due to sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). As a father, a lifelong advocate for heart health, and someone who has spent my entire career in the cardiac diagnostic space, this hits incredibly close to home. Despite the availability of advanced technology and screening resources, these tragedies are a stark reminder that our communities are still vulnerable—and the silence on this issue is deafening. 📢 Where is the urgency? 📢 Where is the leadership? 📢 Why is this not getting the attention it deserves, especially in an election year? This is not just a health issue; it’s a public safety issue that demands immediate action. Our youth are at risk, and yet, mandatory heart screenings in schools are still not prioritized. In May, I launched the DMV Has A Heart initiative to address this very problem. We are working tirelessly to bring awareness and action to prevent these avoidable tragedies. But we can't do it alone. We need our community leaders, healthcare organizations, and politicians to step up and lead. Let’s not wait for the next tragedy. Let’s demand mandatory heart screenings in our schools NOW. For more information on how you can get involved, visit dmvhasaheart.org. Let’s protect our youth. Let’s act before it’s too late. #CardiacHealth #YouthSafety #DMVHasAHeart #PublicHealth #ElectionYear #Leadership Rebecca Love RN, MSN, FIELAmerican Heart AssociationAmerican College of CardiologyGlenn YoungkinHerman TaylorKarina LipsmanJude MabonéJoe PiraneoSara JuedesAaron ParkerBen Brodsky

Check out our iPub: Herself in Every Moment: A peer conversation on the importance of Individualized Treatment for Children with Central Precocious Puberty (CPP) to hear Karen O. Klein, MD and Marcela Vargas Trujillo, MD review central precocious puberty (CPP) and discuss an individualized treatment approach. This presentation features a case and relevant data from two newly published studies and focuses on the need for timely and ongoing treatment. https://bit.ly/3RIFunz