Child Abuse and Neglect
Committee Chair: Kathi Makoroff, MD
Description of committee: The Ohio AAP Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect provides a forum for members and their colleagues engage in strategic, statewide efforts to enhance the issues pertaining to care of maltreated children. Physicians, and nurse practitioners gather quarterly with the goals of: networking to assist program development to meet the challenges in local regions by learning from one another and sharing solutions to common challenges in the field; collaborating on projects common to all programs to improve the care of maltreated children in the State; and, providing the health-care perspective in a multi-disciplinary field by involvement in statewide initiatives in the assessment, treatment and prevention of abuse and neglect through advocacy of policy changes that promote child and adolescent health. In addition to the more than 20 AAP members, active liaison members from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, Ohio Department of Health, Office of the Ohio Attorney General, and the Ohio Network of Child Advocacy Centers are also represented in this committee. In addition, there have been working relationships with the Prevent Child Abuse Ohio and the Ohio Chapter of the International Association of Forensic Nurses.
Meeting dates: Quarterly meetings
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Committee members:
Mary Jane Carrier, Daryl Steiner, Leslie Dieterich, Mark Feingold, David Gemmill, Kristen Gilbert, Jan Gorsuch, Ben Kavalcik, Elizabeth Kelleher, Ranee Leder, Kathi Makoroff, Allison Matthews, Machele Maus, Janet McCleery, Lolita McDavid, Megan McGraw, Paul McPherson, Ben Murray, Nadine Block, Mark Rosen, Erin Rosen, Randy Schlievert, Philip Scribano, Robert Shapiro, Jonathan Thackeray, Lori Vavul-Roediger.
Additional information/accomplishments:
Several committee accomplishments that can be noted over the recent years include:
- Resolution submitted to AAP addressing Children and Sexually Explicit Advertising. This document was distributed to the AAP Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect, and Committee on Communication. The Committee on Communication utilized this effort in its revision of "Children, Adolescents, and Advertising” statement as well as in its statement titled “Impact of Media” which included information about sexually suggestive advertising.
- Position statement regarding the best practice standards for child abuse pediatrics physicians and advanced practice nurses working with Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANEs) in performing pediatric sexual abuse evaluations. This effort has fostered a new relationship with the Ohio Chapter IAFN as we work together to provide medical and forensic care to the sexually abused patient.
- Revision of the Ohio Department of Health Child and Adolescent Sexual Abuse Protocol. The original document published in 2000, was revised and included relevant topics such as assessment of intimate partner violence, HIV post-exposure prophylaxis, care of the child with special health care needs, DNA technology in evidence collection, optimal health-care settings for children and adolescents, and the relationship between child abuse pediatrician and sexual assault nurse examiner. Click here to view Ohio Child and Adolescent Sexual Abuse Protocol 2009.
- Membership involvement in the efforts in Ohio to adopt law reform to change an “Abuse, Neglect, Dependency” model of child protection to a “Child in Need of Protective Services (CHIPS)” model. Participation included focus groups with policy makers and active involvement in the proposed legislation.
- Content assistance in the development of the Medical Protocol for the Ohio Drug Endangered Children Protocol Tool Kit. This comprehensive document offers a multi-disciplinary approach to the evaluation, scene investigation and protection of drug endangered children.
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