The Boston Marathon

April 16, 2013

Dear Massachusetts Pediatrician,

Needless to say, we are sickened by the events that occurred yesterday at the Boston Marathon.

The following resources have been provided to us by Boston Children's Hospital, the Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the American Academy of Pediatrics:

From Boston Children's Hospital:

http://www.childrenshospital.org/az/Site2127/mainpageS2127P0.html?utm_campaign=DR.%20CLaire%20on%20Newtown%20shooting&utm_medium=12/17/2012&utm_source=thriving&utm_content=general%20peds&utm_term=12/17/2012

http://childrenshospitalblog.org/talking-to-children-after-tragedy/

From the Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry:

http://www.aacap.org/galleries/FactsForFamilies/36_helping_children_after_a_disaster.pdf

From the AAP:

Dear Massachusetts AAP Chapter colleagues,

Given today's explosions at the Boston Marathon, we wanted to let you know that both the www.aap.org and www.HealthyChildren.orgWeb sites are updated to reflect the situation in Boston and the home page message links to the Web page focused on "Talking to Children About Disasters".

Key resource pages can be found as described below:

Talking to Children About Disasters

http://www.aap.org/en-us/advocacy-and-policy/aap-health-initiatives/Children-and-Disasters/Pages/Talking-to-Children-About-Disasters.aspx

Promoting Adjustment and Helping Children Cope

http://www.aap.org/en-us/advocacy-and-policy/aap-health-initiatives/Children-and-Disasters/Pages/Promoting-Adjustment-and-Helping-Children-Cope.aspx

Blast Terrorism and Explosions

http://www.aap.org/en-us/advocacy-and-policy/aap-health-initiatives/Children-and-Disasters/Pages/Blast-Terrorism-and-Explosions.aspx

Please note that this last link goes to a page for clinicians only that was just sent out to the AAP Disaster Preparedness Advisory Council members (and the Council on Communications and Media chairperson), so that they could review the content and the information to ensure it is up-to-date and relevant to this particular situation.

Please let us know if there are other ways we can help. Laura Aird, Manager of Disaster Preparedness and Response at laird@aap.org is the best contact at the AAP.

Thank you,

Judy

Judith C. Dolins, MPH,

Associate Executive Director

Director, Department of Community, Chapter & State Affairs

American Academy of Pediatrics
141 Northwest Point Blvd
Elk Grove Village, IL 60007
847.434.7911 | 847.228.5245 fax

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