Region 1
Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Quebec, New Brunswick
Region I met in Amherst, MA this year on March 22nd. Our theme of the day was "Improving outcomes in child health and development". The day began with brief updates on two of the APA research networks, BORN and CORNET. We continued with four research abstracts from area residents and medical students, encompassing topics from population based cardiac screening, to medical organization preventive services guidelines for LGBT adolescents, to peer mentorship programs for medical students.
Dr. Paul Dworkin from the University of Connecticut delivered the keynote address of the day, leading the participants through the history of community-coordinated developmental screening and services in Connecticut. The "Help Me Grow" model developed there has now been adopted by 18 states across the U.S.
After lunch, we had a workshop on how to work with community-based organizations and parent groups about developmental screening and surveillance. Dr. David Keller, APA president-elect, gave the concluding talk of the day, updating the attendees on membership, strategic planning and program development from APA national.
We will meet next on Monday morning May 6th at the PAS meeting for breakfast.
Region Co-Chairs:
Melissa Held
mheld@ccmckids.org
Alison Holmes
alison.v.holmes@hitchcock.org
Marcia VanVleet
mvanvleet@WIHRI.org
Past Meetings
Region I Meeeting
Friday, March 22, 2013, 8:30am - 3:30pm
Lord Jeffrey Inn, Amhurst, MA
Previous Newsletters
- February 2013
- August 2012
- April 2012
- February 2012
- December 2011
- June 2011
- April 2011
- February 2011
- December 2010
- August 2009
Current Region I Co-Chairs:
Connecticut Children's Medical Center
282 Washington St, Suite 4H
Hartford, CT 06106
Phone: (860) 545-8894
mheld@ccmckids.org
Alison Holmes, MD, MPH
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
1 Medical Center Drive
Lebanon, NH 03766
Phone: (603) 653-6052 (Ext: 4748)
Alison.V.Holmes@hitchcock.org
Matthew Sadof, MD
Baystate Medical Center Children's Hospital
140 High Street C Level
Springfield, MA 01199
Phone: (413) 794-2052
matthew.sadof@bhs.org
