Our Mission & Vision
The mission of the Maine Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics is to improve the lives of children and adolescents in Maine.
Our vision is to be the leading authority, advocate, and voice for the health of Maine’s children and for the profession of pediatrics.
Maine & MAAP News
- HOPE in Maine (Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences) Conference featuring Dr. Robert Sege, Tufts University School of Medicine Tuesday, May 5, 2020
- Flavored Tobacco Hooks Kids
- CENSUS 2020 - Resources for Physicians and Community Members
- Save The Date: 26th Maine Child Welfare Conference: Crimes Against Children June 4, 2020
- Summer Camps in Maine - 2020
- Get Involved: Community Connect Maine...postcard project
Event/Program
- Save The Date: 26th Maine Child Welfare Conference: Crimes Against Children June 4, 2020
- Summer Camps in Maine - 2020
- Let's Go Webinar Series on Childhood Obesity
- The Maine CDC and Sweetser are offering free online Suicide Prevention Training Modules!
- Complementary Feeding: Nutrition for Optimal Growth and Developmental Outcomes
AAP Health Updates
- AAP Issues New Autism Treatment Guidelines
- New Oral Health Resources
- CDC's Public Health Matters Blog: Here are six things that can ruin your summer fun and simple steps that you can take to prevent them from happening.
- New Oral Health Resources: Tiny Teeth Toolkit
- Early Childhood Adversity, Toxic Stress, and the Role of the Pediatrician: Translating Developmental Science Into Lifelong Health
- The Role of Pediatricians in Global Health
AAP & National News
- AAP Project ECHO Opportunity!
- Antibiotics not necessary for most toothaches, according to new ADA guideline
- Resources: Supporting Youth who are Addicted to Nicotine
- AAP Section on Obesity releases first ever obesity course 'Pediatric Obesity Management: Evidence-based Strategies and Practical Approaches'
- Implementing the Family First Prevention Services Act
- Check out the new "Oral Health Prevention Primer" - just announced by the AAP
The Maine AAP strongly urges our members and the patients and families we serve to vote NO on Question 1 ballot referendum. Vaccines Save Lives. Vaccines protect children from preventable diseases. *photo from 2/4/2020 press conference at the State House
Maine AAP presented the 2018 Legislator of the Year to Senator Brownie Carson. Special Recognition Awards given to Dr. John Bancroft, Dr. Jan Pelletier, and Dr. Marc Brown and the Advocate of the Year to Rita Furlow, Maine Children's Alliance.
Be sure to join us on May 2 & 3 in Freeport for our joint conference with the National Association of Social Workers, Maine Chapter to see who is awarded this year!