P90 Catch - Community Access To Ct Chest

Community Access to Child Health (CATCH) in the historical context of Community Pediatrics.

OBJECTIVES As part of the evaluation of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Community Access to Child Health (CATCH), to 1) identify, retrospectively, the actual chronology of activities undertaken through CATCH, and 2) review its antecedents within the AAP, and its predecessor program-Healthy Children. METHODS Key informant telephone interviews with 14 national leaders in CATCH were con...

The influence of Community Access to Child Health (CATCH) program on community pediatrics.

The CATCH (Community Access to Child Health) Program, which supports pediatricians who engage with the community to improve child health, increase access to health care, and promote advocacy through small seed grants, was last evaluated in 1998. The objective was to describe the characteristics of CATCH grant recipients and projects and assess the community impact of funded projects. Prospectiv...

American Academy of Pediatrics Community Access to Child Health (CATCH) Program: a model for supporting community pediatricians.

Advocacy on behalf of children who are medically underserved and the pediatricians who care for them has been a long-standing core commitment of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and the American Academy of Pediatrics. Although different in etiology, barriers to adequate health care exist in both nations. In the United States, almost 18 million children have either no health ins...

The CATCH project: central mass access to child health information.

Usefulness of nanoparticles to making shield and protection of sensitive organs in chest CT scan test

Introduction: Recently, the use of nanoparticles has increased for many purpose in medicine. One of these is using the nano particles in shields structure to protect sensitive organs such as breast which placed inside the field of chest CT scan and receives high dose. The aim of this study was the use of nano Bi2O3 to making shield for protection breast in chest CT examination ...