For more information on how to get involved or to start a new project, please contact Ashley Politz, FCAAP Director of Programs and Events, at apolitz@fcaap.org.
PROMOTING INFECTIOUS DISEASE EDUCATION AND COLLABORAION
Status: Current
Funded through an AAP grant, FCAAP will host eight virtual case study presentations to create a year-long learning program that addresses both the prevention and clinical management of infectious diseases and common immunization issues seen in practice. These sessions will be supported by FCAAP’s Committee on Infectious Disease and FCAAP’s Immunization Committee. All sessions will be recorded and made available to FCAAP members for on-demand viewing.
ECG SCREENING EDUCATION
Status: Current
The Florida Pediatric Foundation (FPF), the charitable arm of the Florida Chapter of American Academy of Pediatrics (FCAAP), was awarded a grant from the St. Joe Community Foundation to training pediatricians in Bay and Walton counties. The funding will train local pediatricians to provide ECG screenings within their own practices, identify resources around ECG screenings, and how to help families meet Florida’s new screening requirement for high school athletes.
FACILITATING ATTUNDED INTERACTIONS (FAN) EDUCATION
Status: Current
Through a grant from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in collaboration with the Erikson Institute, FCAAP The FL Chapter will host a FAN educational /webinar for state pediatricians, residency faculty, and chapter members. The webinar will: introduce FAN concepts and approaches; feature facilitated breakout discussions focused on considerations for integrating FAN into residency education and general pediatrics; and assess participant interest in future FAN learning and implementation opportunities. Through this education, FCAAP will identify champions and members interested in learning more and implementing the tenants in their practices.
NEONATAL- PERINATAL FAIR PAYMENT RESOURCES
Status: Current
Funded through a chapter grant from the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Neonatal-Perinatal (SONPM), FCAAP will develop a collection of electronic resources to help neonatologists navigate coding, documentation, and payment challenges. The resources will be hosted on FCAAP’s website and will be updated as new resources become available.
Youth Voice in Mental Health Screening Initiative
Status: Current
The Florida Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (FCAAP) is leading the Youth Voice in Mental Health Screening Initiative, a statewide project designed to better understand how adolescents experience depression and anxiety screenings in pediatric settings. By gathering anonymous feedback directly from teens, the initiative aims to identify factors that influence honesty, comfort, and communication during mental health screenings and use those insights to strengthen pediatric care across Florida.
SAFE SLEEP CHAMPION NETWORK
Status: Current
Funded through a grant from AAP, FCAAP’s ambassador will work with other AAP chapters and the state’s Child Death Review (CDR) and/or Fetal and Infant Mortality Review (FIMR) teams to improve provide knowledge safe sleep practices and SUID prevention strategies. FCAAP and the ambassador will do this through providing a webinar and sharing available resources. On-demand access to the webinar is available through December 2026. View the on-demand webinar and claim credit here. For more information on the webinar, click here.
AAP Vaccine Confidence Grant
Status: Current
Funded through a grant from the AAP and in collaboration with M. Harris and Frameworks Institute, FCAAP is helping inform a social media campaign around increasing vaccine confidence in caregivers of children through age 6. Additionally FCAAP will launch a public campaign with parallel messaging.
ECG IMPLEMENTATION PROJECT
Status: Current
The ECG Implementation Project was established to educate and support Florida’s pediatric health care professionals with the new pre-participation sports requirement for Florida’s student athletes who will need to receive an electrocardiogram as part of their physical. The project is supported by a grant from Who We Play For and a donation from Cardiac Insight.
National Rural Adolescent and Child Health (NRACH) Rural Behavioral Health Initiative
Status: Completed
The Florida Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics was selected by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) to participate in the National Rural Adolescent and Child Health (NRACH) Chapter Stipend Partnership: Bolstering High Quality Pediatric Mental and Behavioral Health Care in Rural and Frontier Communities. Through this initiative, FCAAP is expanding awareness of evidence-based pediatric mental and behavioral health resources while strengthening connections between pediatric providers and behavioral health supports serving rural and underserved communities throughout Florida. FCAAP shared the resources through a news post. Read Here.
Cross-Sector Partnerships to Support Adolescent and Young Adult Health Virtual Learning Collaborative
Status: Completed
Funded through a grant from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), FCAAP is participating in a six-month Virtual Learning Collaborative (VLC) to help cross-sector teams strengthen partnerships among healthcare, schools, and community organizations that support adolescent and young adult health. Florida’s team is implementing the skills learned to work on resources for parents and providers around the ECG requirements for new student athletes. Resources for providers can be found here. Resources for parents can be found here.
PROMOTING PEDIATRIC HEALTHY MENTAL DEVELOPMENT IN PRIMARY CARE
Status: Completed
Funded through an AAP grant, FCAAP will share mental health resources with members. With input from the Chapter’s Mental Health Taskforce, the focus of resources will be anxiety and depression. FCAAP will share resources through the monthly newsletter, social media, and the creation of a digital resource library. Additionally, to support members, and as an adjunct to the grant, the taskforce is collecting feedback on provider’s experience with screening, diagnosis, treatment and barriers to address anxiety and depression in practice.
Patient Centered Medical Home Transition
FCAAP’s Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Transition Program continues each year. Funded through a grant from Sunshine Health and in partnership with Patient Centered Solutions Consulting, LLC (PCS), FCAAP’s most recent project is facilitating the transformation of ten primary care pediatric practices, providing full-service consultation and support. At the end of the project, each practice will have attained recognition by the National Committee for Quality Assurance Patient-Centered Medical Home Program.
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Thank you to Sunshine Health for sponsoring this project!
