Endorsed Policy Statements
AAP Endorsed Policy Statements
Policy statements that have been developed by other organizations, but that have received the endorsement of the American Academy of Pediatrics, are available below.
- Appropriate Medical Care for the Secondary School-Age Athlete
- Dietary Recommendations for Children and Adolescents: A Guide for Practitioners
- Executing Juvenile Offenders: A Fundamental Failure of Society
- Foster Care Mental Health Values
- Gifts to Physicians from Industry
- Guidelines for Referral of Children and Adolescents to Pediatric Rheumatologists
- Mental Health and Substance Use Screening and Assessment of Children in Foster Care
- Protecting Adolescents: Ensuring Access to Care and Reporting Sexual Activity and Abuse
- Safe at School Statement of Principles
- Targeted Tuberculin Testing and Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection
- Type 2 Diabetes in Children and Adolescents
The Agency for Healthcare Policy and Research's National Guidelines Clearinghouse provides instant access to hundreds of clinical practice guidelines developed by medical specialty society societies, professional associations, public and private organizations, government agencies, and health care organizations. The easy-to-use format includes standardized abstracts, full text guidelines or links to full text, comparisons and syntheses of guidelines on a particular condition, and e-mail groups.
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