The Ohio Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics promotes the health, safety and well-being of children and adolescents so they may reach their full potential. The Ohio AAP will accomplish this by addressing the needs of children, their families, and their communities, and by supporting Chapter members through advocacy, education, research, service, and improving the systems through which they deliver pediatric care. This page is a trusted source for pediatric providers and families on factual, evidence-based information on children’s health. This education is not intended to replace your healthcare professional. Consult with your healthcare professional with any direct questions or concerns about you or your child’s health. Social Media Guidelines:
Posted comments and images do not necessarily represent the views of the Ohio AAP. We reserve the right to delete any comment or review that shares misinformation on any child health topic or includes the following:
• Hate speech, profanity, obscenity, vulgarity or any other form of abusive or threatening language, be it written or spoken.
• Defamation, name calling or personal attacks to a person or organization.
• Any content that advocates or promotes illegal activity.
• Content deemed as spam by Ohio AAP’s communications director or senior leadership.
• Any comment that discloses personal, professional and/or protected information.
• Comments that promote interests not affiliated with Ohio, including promotional material for products or campaigns.
• Nudity or partial nudity in pictures or video.
• Other comments Ohio AAP’s communications director or senior staff deems inappropriate. The Ohio AAP reserves the right to remove posted comments that do not adhere to these policies. Repeated violations will prompt Ohio AAP to block the author from the Ohio AAP page. Ohio AAP will make reasonable efforts to monitor and/or moderate content posted on its social media platforms; however, we cannot always respond in a timely manner to online requests for information. By submitting content to Ohio AAP’s page, you understand and acknowledge the availability of said content to the public. Other participants may use your posted information beyond Ohio AAP’s control. If you do not wish to have the information you have made available via this site to be used, published, copied and/or reprinted, please do not post on this page.
