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 News & EventsUpcoming Webinar: Effective Government & Private Sector Initiatives to Address Childhood ObesityNIHCM Foundation and WellPoint, Inc. will host a webinar, "Effective Government & Private Sector Initiatives to Addr... AcademyHealth to Host Health Policy OrientationAcademyHealth's annual Health Policy Orientation will take place in Washington DC on October 25-28, 2010. This event... Upcoming Webinar: Adolescent & Young Adult Health in the Post Reform EraNIHCM will host a webinar, "Adolescent & Young Adult Health in the Post Reform Era," on August 17, 2010 at 1:00... New Issue Brief on Perinatal Oral HealthNIHCM Foundation and the Children's Dental Health Project are pleased to announce the release of a new Issue Brief, "... Creating Healthy Opportunities: Conversations with Adolescent Health ExpertsNIHCM Foundation, in collaboration with the Partners in Program Planning for Adolescent Health (PIPPAH) initiative, is please... New Issue Brief on Maternal DepressionNIHCM Foundation is pleased to announce the release of a new Issue Brief, "Identifying & Treating Maternal Depressio... |
PIPPAH Webinar Chronic Disease"Preventing Adult Chronic Disease During Adolescence: The Role of Health Plans"August 29, 2007 Webinar Agenda, Presentations, Presenter Biographies and Additional Materials This webinar explored the burden of adult chronic disease and primary risk factors among adolescents, and highlighted health plan opportunities to identify adolescents at risk and modify their risk factors through medical evaluation, treatment and counseling. The session also featured presentations of two promising health plan programs aimed at preventing future chronic disease among adolescents. An archive of the webinar is available. "Screening and Treatment of Adolescents to Prevent Adult Cardiovascular Disease," Marc Jacobson, MD, FAAP, Director of the Center for Atherosclerosis Prevention, Schneider Children's Hospital in New York "Health Plan Opportunities for Adolescent Preventive Care," Dawn Porter, MPH, Program Innovation Manager and Betsy La Forge, MPH, Director, Program Development, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina "Adolescents and Tobacco Cessation," Jonathan Klein, MD, MPH, Director of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Julus B. Richmond Center, Associate Chair for Community and Government Affairs, Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester Medical Center "A Health Plan's Approach To Adolescent Tobacco Cessation," Philip Smeltzer, MS, Healthy Behavior and Wellness Strategy Leader, Humana Additional Materials - "Artherosclerosis Prevention and Cholesterol Management in Adolescents," Marc Jacobson, MD, FAAP, Adolescent Health Update, 19(3), July 2007. |
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