POLICY STATEMENT Organizational Principles to Guide and Define the Child HealthCare System and/or Improve the Health of all Children

2015 Recommendations for PreventivePediatric Health CareCommittee on Practice and AmbulatoryMedicine and Bright FuturesPeriodicity Schedule Workgroup

COMMITTEE ON PRACTICE AND AMBULATORY MEDICINE, 2013–2014

Geoffrey R. Simon, MD, FAAP, Chairperson

Cynthia N. Baker, MD, FAAP

Graham A. Barden, III MD, FAAP

Oscar ‘Skip’ W. Brown, III, MD, FAAP

Jesse M. Hackell, MD, FAAP

Amy P. Hardin, MD, FAAP

Kelley E. Meade, MD, FAAP

Scot B. Moore, MD, FAAP

Julia E. Richerson, MD, FAAP

STAFF

Elizabeth Sobczyk, MPH, MSW

BRIGHT FUTURES PERIODICITY SCHEDULE WORKGROUP

Edward S. Curry, MD, FAAP*

Paula M. Duncan, MD, FAAP

Mary Margaret Gottesman, PhD, RN, CPNP

Joseph F. Hagan, Jr, MD, FAAP

Judith S. Shaw, EdD, MPH, RN, FAAP

Jack T. Swanson, MD, FAAP

Lynn Van Pelt, DMD, CAPT, United States Public Health Service

Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and ServicesAdministration – Federal Liaison to Steering Committee

STAFF

Jane B. Bassewitz, MA

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