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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Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (1 Jul 2006) A Comprehensive Immunization Strategy to Eliminate Transmission of Hepatitis B Virus Infection in the United States Pediatrics 118 (1) : 404 [Full Text] [PDF]

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(1 Mar 2007) Cardiovascular Risk Reduction in High-Risk Pediatric Populations Pediatrics 119 (3) : 618-621. [Full Text] [PDF]

Peter A. Lee, Christopher P. Houk, S. Faisal Ahmed, Ieuan A. Hughes in collaboration with the participants in the International Consensus Conference on Intersex organized by the Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society and the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology (1 Aug 2006) Consensus Statement on Management of Intersex Disorders Pediatrics 118 (2) : e488-e500. [Full Text] [PDF]

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American Academy of Neurology and Child Neurology Society (1 Feb 2007) Diagnostic Assessment of the Child With Status Epilepticus Pediatrics 119 (2) : 404 [Full Text] [PDF]

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(1 May 2007) General Recommendations on Immunization: Recommendations From the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Pediatrics 119 (5) : 1008 [Full Text] [PDF]

(1 Aug 2007) Genetic Basis for Congenital Heart Defects: Current Knowledge Pediatrics 120 (2) : 447 [Full Text] [PDF]

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(1 Aug 2007) Noninherited Risk Factors and Congenital Cardiovascular Defects: Current Knowledge Pediatrics 120 (2) : 445-446. [Full Text] [PDF]

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Roger J. Lewis on behalf of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Board of Directors (1 Feb 2004) Pediatric Care in the Emergency Department Pediatrics 113 (2) : 420 [Full Text] [PDF]

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Mary Fran Hazinski, David Markenson, Steven Neish, Mike Gerardi, Janis Hootman, Graham Nichol, Howard Taras, Robert Hickey, Robert O’Connor, Jerry Potts, Elise van der Jagt, Stuart Berger, Steve Schexnayder, Arthur Garson, Jr, Alidene Doherty, and Suzanne Smith (1 Jan 2004) Response to Cardiac Arrest and Selected Life-Threatening Medical Emergencies: The Medical Emergency Response Plan for Schools. A Statement for Healthcare Providers, Policymakers, School Administrators, and Community Leaders Pediatrics 113 (1) : 155-168. [Full Text] [PDF]

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(1 May 2008) Screening for Idiopathic Scoliosis in Adolescents Pediatrics 121 (5) : 1069 [Full Text] [PDF]

American Academy of Pediatrics (1 Dec 2007) Statement of Endorsement Pediatrics 120 (6) : 1402 [Full Text] [PDF]