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Would you like to highlight your infection prevention and control measures at school and share the strong work around such to keep students healthy and learning? The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) wants to hear from you!</p>
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Please see below message received today and shared with permission. Reach out via email directly if interested to Alyse, at <a href="mailto:afinkel@cdc.gov" title="afinkel@cdc.gov" id="LPlnk421784" class="OWAAutoLink">afinkel@cdc.gov</a> by Thursday, 10/26/23</p>
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Greetings everyone,</p>
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I'd like to bring your attention to a request from the American Association of Pediatrics (see below information). If you, or someone within your network, finds this opportunity appealing, kindly provide me with your/their name and contact information by tomorrow
Thursday, October 26th. Should any questions arise, please don't hesitate to reach out, and I'll be delighted to provide answers.</p>
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<b class="ContentPasted0">AAP School Administrators and School Facilities/Maintenance Staff Request</b></p>
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The American Association of Pediatrics (AAP) is hosting the<span class="ContentPasted0"> </span><strong><span style="font-weight:normal;margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0">AAP Infection Prevention and Control School-based Health ECHO:<span class="ContentPasted0"> </span><i class="ContentPasted0">Ensuring
School Nurses and Staff are Prepared to Keep Kids Healthy</i></span></strong><b class="ContentPasted0">.</b><span class="ContentPasted0"> </span>The goal is to<i class="ContentPasted0"> </i>ensure that school nurses, school administrators, school medical directors,
facilities staff, school health consultants, public health department staff, and other school staff are knowledgeable on the appropriate infection prevention and control (IPC) recommendations to inform their decisions around developing and implementing school
IPC guidance to keep kids healthy during the school year. </p>
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AAP is seeking school administrators and school facilities/maintenance staff, primarily from rural or under resourced areas, who are involved in informing and developing infection prevention and control protocol within schools/districts and would like to engage
partners from the Northwestern, Western, or Southern regions of the United States.</p>
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ECHO faculty may be asked to present a 15–20-minute lecture on a school-specific IPC topic (TBD) their experiences around IPC protocol development and implementation, share recommendations and guidance on successes and challenges, and assist with answering
ECHO participant questions.</p>
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Best,</p>
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Alyse</p>
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<b><span style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="ContentPasted0">Alyse Finkel Oysgelt</span></b><b><span style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(31, 56, 100);" class="ContentPasted0">,<span class="ContentPasted0"> </span></span></b><b><span style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="ContentPasted0">MPH,
CHES (she/her)</span></b><b><span style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(31, 56, 100);"></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; margin: 0px; color: rgb(59, 56, 56);" class="ContentPasted0">Acting Policy Team Lead</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; margin: 0px; color: rgb(59, 56, 56);" class="ContentPasted0">Office of Policy, Communication & Strategy</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; margin: 0px; color: rgb(59, 56, 56);" class="ContentPasted0">Division of Adolescent and School Health</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; margin: 0px; color: rgb(59, 56, 56);" class="ContentPasted0">National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP)</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; margin: 0px; color: rgb(59, 56, 56);" class="ContentPasted0">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention</span></p>
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