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Make health a mobile game for youths

The mobile gamification of health is the new frontier. Too often when we talk with children about how to live healthy lives, we want to tell people what to do. Gaming can make it fun. Why can’t we enjoy being healthy? We’re competing with entire industries that are encouraging bad behavior. Gaming could allow us to take things that often are affecting our children in negative ways – such as advertising within mobile games – and use them to promote good behaviors.

This is not your mother’s behavioral intervention. This is not a counselor sitting there, talking to a client for an extended period. Take an example of casual gaming, such as Angry Birds. People play each game for…

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PECARN

PECARN is the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network, the first federally-funded multi-institutional network for research in pediatric emergency medicine in the United States.

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Academic Pediatric Association

The APA is dedicated to improving the health and well-being of all children and adolescents by promoting research, advancing a scholarly approach to education, developing innovations in health care delivery, advocating for an equitable child health agenda, and fostering leadership and career development of child health professionals.

Council of Pediatric Subspecialties

The Council of Pediatric Subspecialties advances child health through communication and collaboration within its network of pediatric subspecialties and liaison organizations.

International Pediatric Association

Pediatricians, working with other partners, will be leaders in promoting physical, mental, and social health for all children, and in realizing the highest standards of health for newborns, children, and adolescents in all countries of the world.

National MedPeds Residents' Association

A resident driven organization dedicated to providing information, opportunities, and programs to current and future Med-Peds residents.

Paediatric Intensive Care Society

The Society was founded in 1987 as a multidisciplinary forum for those involved and interested in paediatric intensive care, with the following aims: -To promote training and education, with the aim of stimulating research and promoting collaborative studies. -To provide a forum for discussion -To provide specialist advice -To collect information through the council of the society -To provide a focus for paediatric intensive care in the UK

Paediatric Pathology Society

The Paediatric Pathology Society (PPS), started in 1955 as the Paediatric Pathology Club, is composed of pathologists who specialise in or have a major interest in the pathology of the fetus, neonate or child. The Society exists to promote paediatric pathology in its widest sense, embracing all the disciplines of pathology, but most members are now Histopathologists.

Pediatric Academic Societies

The Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Annual Meeting is the largest international meeting focused on research in child health. We bring together a variety of groups to–not only discuss original research, which has been the hallmark of the PAS meeting, but to also discuss how this research can be applied to actual clinical practice in pediatrics.

Pediatric Endocrine Society

PES is dedicated to research and treatment of children with endocrine disorders; reproductive, bone, thyroid, diabetes, obesity, growth, pituitary and adrenal. The Society works to promote the continuing education of its membership.

Pediatric Infectious Disease Society

PIDS is open to physicians, doctoral-level scientists and other persons who have training or are in the course of training in infectious diseases or its related disciplines, and who are identified with the discipline of pediatric infectious diseases or its related activities.

Society for Pediatric Research

Creating a network of multi-disciplinary researchers to improve child health

World Pediatric Society

The main aims of Society are to prevent the diseases at Childhood term; to follow and to apply the developments in early diagnosis and treatments at diseases...

American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology

Patients and healthcare professionals alike depend on authoritative, expert resources to make informed decisions regarding allergies, asthma and immune deficiency disorders. Welcome to a website backed by the AAAAI, a membership organization of more than 6,700 allergist / immunologists and related professionals around the world with advanced training and experience dedicated to allergy, asthma, immune deficiencies and other immunologic diseases.

Association for the Bladder Exstrophy Community

The Association for the Bladder Exstrophy Community (ABC), established in June 1991, is an international support network consisting of individuals with bladder exstrophy, parent-exstrophy support groups, and health care providers who work with patients and families living with bladder exstrophy. We assist patients and families living with bladder exstrophy by providing education, support, and resources to help them navigate the medical and psychosocial issues relating to exstrophy.

Child Neurology Society

The CNS Web Site is primarily designed to serve the ongoing academic, research, and practice-based needs of its members. As it evolves in the coming months, it will also serve as an invaluable informational resource and portal to other websites for professionals working in related fields, medical students interested in exploring careers in child neurology, and parents of children searching for a neurologists, support groups, or other websites which may prove useful in helping them to understand and address the challenges confronting their family.

Children's Corrective Surgery Society

It is the objective of Children's Corrective Surgery Society to provide free reconstructive surgeries to disfigured children worldwide. We are committed to showing love in action through the entire corrective surgery process. In the fulfillment of these objectives, CCSS ensures that no child is ever seen as a statistic or file number. Each patient receives all the love and personal attention possible.

Children's Medical Research Institute

Children’s Medical Research Institute (CMRI) is an independent organisation committed to unlocking the mysteries of childhood disease. Our scientists investigate conditions such as birth defects, cancer, and epilepsy.

Congenital Heart Surgeons' Society

The Congenital Heart Surgeons' Society is a not-for-profit charitable corporation organized under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The CHSS' purpose is as follows: - To associate persons interested in, and carry on activities related to, the science and practice of congenital heart surgery. - To sponsor and oversee multi-institutional clinical studies evaluating the application of surgical interventions in congenital heart disease...

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

In pursuit of its broad mission, the NICHD conducts and supports laboratory research, clinical trials, and epidemiological studies that explore health processes; examines the impact of disabilities, diseases, and variations on the lives of individuals; and sponsors training programs for scientists, health care providers, and researchers to ensure that NICHD research can continue.

International Chiropractic Pediatric Association

Our mission is to provide education, training, and support research on chiropractic care in pregnancy and throughout childhood because all children need chiropractic care.

International Pediatric Endosurgery Group

When IPEG was founded in 1991, our goals were simple: To assure that all pediatric surgeons, pediatric urologists and general surgeons who treat children have access to current information defining the best, least invasive surgical treatment. To encourage development and evaluation of those treatments through peer-to-peer communication, education and research.

International Society for Social Pediatrics and Child Health

International Society for Social Pediatrics and Child Health, ISSOP - formerly European Society for Social Pediatrics and Child Health, ESSOP: we are a group of health professionals interested in sharing our experiences and knowledge in the field of social pediatrics and child health. Some are doctors, others not.

Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America

Welcome to the website for the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America (POSNA). We are a non-profit professional organization of over 1100 surgeons, physicians, and allied health members passionately dedicated to advancing musculoskeletal care for children and adolescents through education; research; quality, safety and value initiatives; advocacy and global outreach to children in underserved areas.

Society for Fetal Urology

The Society was formed to improve the care of patients with fetal or, perinatal urologic problems, especially hydronephrosis, by: - Providing an opportunity for the exchange and dissemination of information between specialists that manage these patients. Including pediatricians, pediatric urologists, maternal fetal obstetricians, nephrologists, radiologists, and other physicians that manage antenatal gentiourinary abnormalities. - Stimulating and supporting clinical and basic laboratory research in these areas. Facilitating and improving the knowledge of physicians and other professionals that care for these patients...

Society for Pediatric Anesthesia

The purpose of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia is to continually advance the safety and quality of anesthetic care, perioperative management, and alleviation of pain in children.

Society for Pediatric Dermatology

The Society's objective is to promote, develop and advance education, research and care of skin disease in all pediatric age groups.

Society for Pediatric Pathology

The Society for Pediatric Pathology, founded in 1965, is an educational and scientific organization of physicians and scientists who share a common interest in this vital field.

Society for Pediatric Radiology

The Society for Pediatric Radiology is a professional medical organization dedicated to being the leader in advancing pediatric health care through medical imaging and image-related therapy.

Society of Pediatric Nurses

The Society of Pediatric Nurses champions the specialty of pediatric nursing by supporting its members in their practice.

The Societies for Pediatric Urology

The Society for Pediatric Urology is a non-profit society whose main purpose is to promote pediatric urology, appropriate practice, education as well as exchanges between practitioners involved in the treatment of genito urinary disorders in children.

World Federation of Associations of Pediatric Surgeons

The World Federation of Associations of Pediatric Surgeons, the WOFAPS, as it is widely known, was founded in 1974 and has grown to be the world representative body of National Pediatric Surgical Associations with a current membership of more than 100 countries. The WOFAPS' mission to improve the surgical care of the world's children has been embodied in the Declaration of Pediatric Surgery in Kyoto in 2001. We welcome you to use this website as a resource to enhance communication amongst the world's paediatric surgical community.

American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry

The mission of the AAPD is to advocate policies, guidelines and programs that promote optimal oral health and oral health care for children. The AAPD serves and represents its membership in the areas of professional development and governmental and legislative activities. It is a liaison to other health care groups and the public.

American Academy of Pediatrics

The Academy is serious about its commitment to providing both general pediatricians and subspecialists with comprehensive, up-to-the-minute information.

American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus

The organization's goals are to advance the quality of children's eye care, support the training of pediatric ophthalmologists, support research activities in pediatric ophthalmology, and advance the care of adults with strabismus.

American Pediatric Surgical Association

The American Pediatric Surgical Association is a surgical specialty organization composed of individuals who have dedicated themselves to the care of the pediatric surgical patient.

American Pediatric Surgical Nurses Association

APSNA promotes excellence in pediatric surgical nursing practice through educational offerings, nursing research, professional collaboration, and peer support.

American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

The American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology (ASPHO) is a multidisciplinary organization dedicated to promoting optimal care of children and adolescents with blood disorders and cancer by advancing research, education, treatment and professional practice.

American Society of Pediatric Neuroradiology

The ASPNR was founded in 1992. The objectives and purposes of the ASPNR are to develop, foster, and support the care of pediatric patients undergoing neuroradiologic imaging exams and procedures. The ASPNR aims to maintain the highest standards of practice, research and education in pediatric neuroradiology throughout North America.

American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons

The purpose of the American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons shall be to improve the neurosurgical care of the children of the United States and Canada by advancing and advocating the specialty of Pediatric Neurosurgery. The Society is committed to discovering, defining and delivering the best care for patients with pediatric neurosurgical disease regardless of their age.

American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology

ASPO exists to foster excellence in the care of children with otorhinolaryngologic disorders through education & research and thereby enhance the profession of Pediatric Otolaryngology.

Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology

The Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology (AEPC) was founded in Lyon in 1963 and subsequently has created a network of specialists working in the same field encountering similar problems. The mission of AEPC is to promote (a) the knowledge of the normal and diseased heart and circulation and (b) exchange of knowledge and (c) continuous education.

British Association for Community Child Health

The British Association for Community Child Health exists to promote and protect the good health of children and their families in their communities.

British Association For Paediatric Nephrology

The aims of our association are: » To set and to improve the standard of medical care of children with renal disease » To formulate and express opinions on policy concerning the care of children with renal disease. » To conduct clinical and scientific meetings in order to advance the knowledge and skills of doctors with responsibility for children with renal disease...

British Association of General Paediatrics

The British Association of General Paediatrics aims to promote General Paediatric care for children in the UK. It facilitates communication of the views and experience of clinicians working in General paediatrics. It promotes General Paediatrics by fostering research and arranging scientific meetings and is open to all clinicians working in the field of General and Acute Paediatrics.

British Association of Paediatric Surgeons

The association was founded in 1953. Its objects are the advancement of study, practice and research in paediatric surgery to cultivate professional relations with paediatric surgeons overseas.

British Paediatric Allergy, Immunology and Infectious Diseases Group

BPAIIG is an affiliated speciality group of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH). Members of the BPAIIG are actively involved in the clinical care of children as well as in research and development of new methods of investigation and treatment of allergic, immune and infectious conditions.

British Paediatric Respiratory Society

The British paediatric respiratory society, BPRS, is a multidisciplinary organisation which exists to promote the respiratory health of all children and to improve the health of children with respiratory disease.

British Society for Paediatric & Adolescent Gynaecology

The British Society for Paediatric & Adolescent Gynaecology (the Society) is a multidisciplinary Society which was created in 2000 and which has sought to develop a network of Clinical Centres where children and adolescents with gynaecological problems can be seen, assessed and managed to a high standard.

British Society for Paediatric and Adolescent Rheumatology

BSPAR is a specialist society linked to the RCPCH (Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health), with membership open to all health care professionals involved in the care of children and adolescents by Paediatric Rheumatology departments. BSPAR aims to advance paediatric rheumatology care in the UK and Ireland.

British Society for Paediatric Dermatology

The British Society for Paediatric Dermatology (BSPD) is an affiliated group of the British Association of Dermatologists and is the only organisation in the UK and Ireland specifically dedicated to Paediatric Dermatology. The Society exists to promote further understanding of skin disease in children and to enhance their care by encouraging education and research in all aspects of paediatric dermatology.

British Society for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes

The society aims to improve the care of children and young people with endocrine disorders and diabetes mellitus by bringing together professionals from a range of disciplines including tertiary paediatric endocrinologists and diabetologists, general paediatricians with an interest in endocrinology and/or diabetes, researchers, nurses and other healthcare professionals involved in the care of these patients.

British Society of Paediatric Dentistry

The object of the BSPD is to further the oral health of children.

British Society of Paediatric Radiology

The British Society of Paediatric Radiology is a society for radiologists in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland who have an interest in paediatric radiology. The society is recognised as a “Special Interest Group” by both the Royal College of Radiologists and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.

Canadian Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons

The Canadian Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (CAOMS) is a non-profit organization that serves the needs of hundreds of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons across Canada.

Canadian Paediatric Society

As a voluntary professional association, the CPS represents more than 2,500 paediatricians, paediatric subspecialists, paediatric residents, and other people who work with and care for children.

Canadian Pediatric Anesthesia Society

The Canadian Pediatric Anesthesia Society (CPAS) is the organization that represents pediatric anesthesiologists in Canada. CPAS interacts with the broader Canadian Anesthesia community through its role as the Pediatric Section of the Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society. Incorporated in 2004, CPAS had its roots in a series of anesthesia meetings initially held in Atlantic Canada.

Canadian Pediatric Cardiology Association

The CPCA was formed in 1971 with its mission being to advance the practice of Pediatric Cardiology in Canada. The CPCA serves as a vehicle to promote collaboration and communication between physicians and trainees across the country within this diverse and rapidly expanding field. The CPCA network helps facilitate development of clinical care guidelines, pan-Canadian research initiatives, educational programs for trainees and cardiologists to name just a few of its roles.

European Academy of Paediatrics

The European Academy of Paediatrics exists to promote the health of children and young people in Europe. It aims to improve standards in training, service and research and to represent the professional interests of paediatricians in the EU. It incorporates the section of paediatrics of the European Union of Medical Specialists and therefore has influence in the political arena to advocate for children and young people as well as for the profession.

European Paediatric Association

Provides a common platform for all general paediatricians in Europe, that will offer them the necessary tools in order to be up-to-date and feel empowered to achieve their personal professional endeavours.

European Paediatric Neurology Society

A rapidly growing group of like-minded active professionals who are committed to improving standards of care of all children with suspected neurological problems and to collaborating on training, continuing medical education and research.

European Paediatric Ophthalmological Society

The aims of the Society are: 1.To bring together ophthalmologists, paediatricians, geneticists, electrophysiologists, and basic researchers interested in the field of paediatric ophthalmology and in particular genetic diseases of the eye. 2.To provide a forum for researchers in the field of paediatric ophthalmology and in particular genetic diseases of the eye to discuss openly and to share information.

European Paediatric Orthopaedic Society

Our mission is to increase the quality of care of children with orthopaedic conditions. This goal is helped by increasing the communication between profesionals dealing with the child, improving the education of those interested in the child care and sharing and difunding the advances in knowledge.

European Society for Paediatric Anaesthesiology

The ESPA aims to provide a variety of services to anaesthesiologists involved in paediatric anaesthesia, including coordination the organisation of an annual international congress on paediatric anaesthesia by local organisations, establishing guidelines on the training, organisation and practice of paediatric anaesthesia and acting as a centre of expertise for paediatric anaesthesiology.

European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology

The European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology (ESPE) is a truly international organisation aiming to promote the highest levels of knowledge, research, education and clinical practice of paediatric endocrinology and metabolism throughout the world.

European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition

The European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition (ESPGHAN) is a multi-professional organisation whose aim is to promote the health of children with special attention to the gastrointestinal tract, liver and nutritional status, through knowledge creation, the dissemination of science based information, the promotion of best practice in the delivery of care and the provision of high quality education for paediatric gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition professionals in Europe and beyond.

European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases

Promotes the exchange of information among people who have special experience in the field of paediatric infectious diseases (by organizing regular scientific meetings, forming international study groups and networks, participation in advisory boards of other societies, organization of symposia at other international congresses, and through joint publications by members’ publications in the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Journal and other journals).

European Society for Paediatric Oncology

The European Society for Paediatric Oncology (SIOP Europe or SIOPE), is the only pan-European organisation representing all professionals working in the field of childhood cancers. With more than 800 members across Europe, today SIOPE is leading the way to ensure the best possible care and outcomes for all children and adolescents with cancer in Europe.

European Society for Paediatric Research

ESPR aims to promote paediatric research in Europe and encourage collaboration between different specialised fields of paediatrics to maintain paediatrics as a unified, scientifically orientated discipline. One of the ways ESPR achieves these goals is by organising its own annual congress and co-organising others. These prestigious paediatric meetings attract thousands of experts in all fields of paediatrics, providing them with networking opportunities and exposure to the latest available research, treatments and patient care.

European Society for Paediatric Urology

The European Society for Paediatric Urology is a non-profit society whose main purpose is to promote paediatric urology, appropriate practice, education as well as exchanges between practitioners involved in the treatment of genito urinary disorders in children.

European Society for Pediatric Dermatology

The goals of the European Society for Pediatric Dermatology are to promote clinical care, interdisciplinary research, education and training, and to stimulate international contacts within Europe in the field of Pediatric Dermatology.

European Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery

The European Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (ESPN) promotes the health of children in Europe and throughout the world by encouraging the ethical transmission and exchange of neuroscientific information and techniques related to Pediatric Neurosurgery.

European Society of Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care

ESPNIC is a non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting and advancing the art and science of paediatric and neonatal intensive care. In this endeavour, the society is dedicated to developing the evidence base which informs clinical practice and to meeting the needs of members, giving them a voice within the European and international context.

European Society of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

The European Society of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology (ESPO) aims to promote the quality of care of children with otorhinolaryngologic disorders within Europe.

North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

The mission of the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition is to advance understanding of normal development, physiology and pathophysiology of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and liver in children.

Paediatric Rheumatology European Society

PRES is a European scientific society for healthcare professionals in the field of paediatric rheumatology. Within this site, you will find useful information about the aims of our society, constitution, membership, the work of the various committees, the annual scientific meetings as well as research and educational initiatives.

Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health

The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health is responsible for training and examining paediatricians in the UK. The College has over 13,500 members in the UK and abroad and sets standards for professional and postgraduate medical education.