Media Kit

Frequently Asked Questions

What does the FAAP stand for after MD?

The AAP is a professional membership organization of 64,000 primary care pediatricians, pediatric medical sub-specialists and pediatric surgical specialists dedicated to the health, safety, and well-being of infants, children, adolescents and young adults. The FAAP designation after a pediatrician’s name stands for Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Pediatricians who maintain their FAAP designation have obtained initial board certification.

What are the universal principals that govern the KY AAP and the AAP?

Current Universal Principles:

• All children have, and all pediatricians provide, a Medical Home.
• All children and all systems of care maintain Health Equity.
• The Profession of Pediatrics is sustained, maintained, and improved.

Where Can I find AAP Policy Statements?

Policies from the American Academy of Pediatrics may be found in the Red Book, other AAP manuals, or at the main AAP policy Web page. All policy statements from the American Academy of Pediatrics automatically expire 5 years after publication unless reaffirmed, revised, or retired at or before that time.

Why Choose a Pediatrician?

Pediatricians are trained to:

• Help you determine healthy lifestyles for your child and useful ways to role model your choices.
• Offer advice to prevent illness and injuries.
• Provide early and appropriate care of acute illness to prevent its progression.
• Treat life-threatening childhood conditions requiring intensive care.
• Guide you in anticipating your child’s needs from newborn to 21.

Experience

As part of their extensive training, pediatricians are experienced in the physical, emotional, and social development of children. Children may be too young or shy to talk so pediatricians understand the importance of listening carefully to your child, and to you. Pediatricians answer your questions, helping you to understand and promote your child’s healthy development. Pediatricians also address issues affecting a child’s family and home environment.

Pediatricians understand that children are not simply small adults.

They often present different symptoms from adults. They may need different prescriptions or treatments than adults. Pediatricians are specially trained to recognize the importance of these differences, especially with young children and newborns.

What issues does the KY AAP Chapter address with state advocacy?

The KY AAP Chapter and the American Academy of Pediatrics believes that the law ought to protect the health and well-being of children just as arduously as pediatricians do. When state legislators assemble, children’s issues deserve the same consideration as other matters.

State advocacy focus areas:  Assault Weapon Bans, Bullying Prevention, Child Passenger Safety, Childhood Immunizations, Concussion Management, Distracted Driving, E Nicotine Delivery Systems, Health Insurance, Marijuana Legalization’s, Medicaid, Newborn Screening, Tobacco, Gun Safety, Teen Driving, School Physical Education and Activity, Opioid Abuse & Disposal.

Does the KY AAP Chapter work to build effective partnerships?

Partnerships are an important component of state advocacy efforts. Partners can enhance community engagement in projects, increase community awareness of the issues being addressed and establish a framework for the continued support of services that support child health in the Commonwealth. Some of the KY AAP Chapter current and past partnership relationships include the following organizations:

• Kentucky Youth Advocates
• Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky
• Shriners Hospitals for Children
• Kentucky Voices for Health
• Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky
• Kentucky Oral Health Coalition
• Smokefree Kentucky
• Healthy Kentucky Coalition
• American Heart Association
• March of Dimes
• University of Louisville and University of Kentucky Pediatric Departments

What are potential roles that pediatricians can play at the community advocacy level?

Some examples of the role that pediatricians can play in community and state advocacy could include:

• Partner with child advocacy organizations in reside area
• Inform community leaders, decision-makers, and elected officials about issues that are affecting children in reside area
• Invite decision-makers to visit professional setting or community project
• Provide testimony and tell stories at community forums, events, and in local media
• Serve on the board of an organization that supports children’s health and well-being or children’s interests such as a school board
• Offer medical expertise to schools, youth organizations or institutions, and child care centers
• Ask parents, teachers, and other health care professionals and clinicians in communities to get involved in local efforts to improve children’s health and well-being
• Initiate a community project or forming a partnership, alliance, or coalition to address a problem

Sample of Recent OpEds

We’re doctors who’ve watched young gunshot victims die. We plead for gun violence research, Courier Journal Op Ed 10-3-19

Kentucky Success of Insuring Children May Slip, Courier Journal Op Ed 9-26-16