Kids ENT Health Month: Make Use of AAO-HNS Member Outreach Tools
Wendy Stern, MD, Chair Media and PR Committee Every year our academy continues to produce and respond to media in order to promote our specialty and the welfare of our patients. Highlights include materials such as the monthly mini-campaigns and the four official Academy Health Observances – Kids ENT Health Month, World Voice Day, Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week, and Better Hearing and Speech Month. All this information is easily found on the website under the Members/Media Outreach section. This material is presented in a variety of formats that are readily available for our members to utilize in their offices and to disseminate to the media. Kids ENT Health Month, the first official observance of the year, is celebrating its 10th anniversary this February. This year we are paying particular attention to the hazards of choking, focusing on lithium batteries. In this issue of the Bulletin Scott Schoem, MD , Chair, Section on Otolaryngology, American Academy of Pediatrics, addresses the serious nature of this hazard. Choking is one of the top causes of death to children and the widespread use of small lithium batteries is exacerbating an already dangerous situation. Dr. David Nielsen, CEO of our Academy, demonstrates the Academy’s integrated efforts to respond to this problem. It is clear that we are the best advocates for our patients and our efforts to keep them safe and healthy requires not only our awareness of threatening problems so that we may provide excellent care but also educating our patients through media efforts so that they know when and where to seek help. I encourage everyone to read these articles and to go to our website for more information.
Every year our academy continues to produce and respond to media in order to promote our specialty and the welfare of our patients. Highlights include materials such as the monthly mini-campaigns and the four official Academy Health Observances – Kids ENT Health Month, World Voice Day, Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week, and Better Hearing and Speech Month. All this information is easily found on the website under the Members/Media Outreach section. This material is presented in a variety of formats that are readily available for our members to utilize in their offices and to disseminate to the media.
Kids ENT Health Month, the first official observance of the year, is celebrating its 10th anniversary this February. This year we are paying particular attention to the hazards of choking, focusing on lithium batteries. In this issue of the Bulletin Scott Schoem, MD , Chair, Section on Otolaryngology, American Academy of Pediatrics, addresses the serious nature of this hazard. Choking is one of the top causes of death to children and the widespread use of small lithium batteries is exacerbating an already dangerous situation. Dr. David Nielsen, CEO of our Academy, demonstrates the Academy’s integrated efforts to respond to this problem. It is clear that we are the best advocates for our patients and our efforts to keep them safe and healthy requires not only our awareness of threatening problems so that we may provide excellent care but also educating our patients through media efforts so that they know when and where to seek help. I encourage everyone to read these articles and to go to our website for more information.