November 2021 COVID-19 Updates
With COVID-19 vaccines now authorized for children ages 5-11, the nation and the state are relying on pediatric health care providers to get kids vaccinated. While your clinics are highly […]
News
Equitable Care: Safe and Effective Care
If you’ve missed our equitable care webinars, you’ve been missing out! Luckily, we have been recording them so you can catch up on eye opening and helpful presentations from our […]
WA-CHIP’s Champions for Youth Steering Committee: Working Together to Promote Vaccinations, Improve Behavioral Health
Ariana Salaiz Program Manager, WCAAP WCAAP’s Champions for Youth Steering Committee, an integral component of our Child Health Improvement Partnership (WA-CHIP) has been a critical place for primary care providers, […]
REACH Resident AAP CATCH Grant Update #1: Seeking Input from the Community
Julianne Edwards, MD Pediatric Resident, PGY-3 Seattle Children’s Hospital The Seattle Children’s Hospital/University of Washington pediatric residency program has a Resident Education and Advocacy for Child Health (REACH) Pathway, where […]
Toolkit Available to Help You Promote Flu Vaccine
The Washington State Department of Health’s online toolkit to help providers promote flu vaccine is live: https://coronavirus.wa.gov/partner-toolkit/knock-out-flu. The short URLs you can share with families are www.knockoutflu.org (English) and www.combatelagripe.org […]
COVID-19 Updates
A quick round-up of updates on COVID-19 guidance and resources from AAP, WCAAP, DOH, and the WMC. New Guidance from AAP The AAP has recently released new and updated guidance […]
Drive Your HPV Vaccination Rates Higher for Powerful Cancer Prevention by Starting at Age 9
Sherri Zorn, MD, FAAP WCAAP Vaccine Committee Timely HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccination of preteens can prevent an estimated 90% of HPV-related cancers (oropharyngeal, cervical, anal, penile, vaginal, vulvar). However, despite […]
Helping to Meet our Members’ Greatest Professional Challenge
Sarah Rafton, MSW Executive Director, WCAAP In the spring, you shared your top professional challenges with WCAAP in our member survey. The greatest professional challenge facing our members today is […]
Women in Medicine: Crystal Shen
Crystal Shen, MD, MPH, FAAP grew up in Cleveland, Ohio and majored in biomedical engineering at University of Michigan. She worked as a vaccine engineer prior to heading to Mayo […]
Women in Medicine: Yolanda Evans
Yolanda N. Evans, MD, MPH, FAAP grew up in Anchorage, Alaska, the oldest of four children. After heading to Oregon for medical school, Dr. Evans landed in Seattle and now […]