Free course on Health Policy and the Affordable Care Act

Coursera (sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania) is offering a free, online course called Health Policy and the Affordable Care Act with instructor Ezekiel Emanuel, MD, PhD

This course will explore the American health care system and discuss the specific ways that the Affordable Care Act will impact access, quality, costs, as well as medical innovation.

This class is open to anyone that is interested in gaining a better understanding of the US health care system and the challenges of health care reform. There are no prerequisites or required knowledge of the health system.


For more information follow this link:  https://www.coursera.org/#course/healthpolicy

Overweight and Obesity in Children and Adolescents

The MCH Library at Georgetown University presents a new knowledge path, Overweight and Obesity in Children and Adolescents. The knowledge path directs readers to a selection of current, high-quality resources about the prevention, identification, management, and treatment of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents in homes, schools, and communities. Health professionals, program administrators, policymakers, and researchers can use the knowledge path to learn more about overweight and obesity in children and adolescents, improve care, develop programs, and locate training resources and information to answer specific questions.
View the knowledge path online at http://www.mchlibrary.org/KnowledgePaths/kp_overweight.html.
Companion resource briefs include the following:

Overweight and Obesity in Kids and Teens: Resources for Families http://www.mchlibrary.org/families/frb_overweight.html

Overweight and Obesity: Resources for Schools http://www.mchlibrary.org/schools/srb_overweight.html

Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity in Child Care and Early Education Programs: Resource Brief http://www.mchlibrary.org/guides/ccnutrition.html

AAP Releases New C. Diff Guidance

An article in MedPage Today News announced the American Academy of Pediatrics release of new Clostridium difficile guidelines for infants and children.   The article can be found at:

http://www.medpagetoday.com/InfectiousDisease/GeneralInfectiousDisease/36655

To access the full article, Clostridium difficile Infection in Infants and Children, Pediatrics 2013;131;196; click on the link below. 

http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/131/1/196.full.html        


If you have any difficulty accessing these articles or would like additional searching on this or other topics, please contact Deb Knippel at Deb.Knippel@ministryhealth.org