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What Does the NHPS Do For
You?
The NHPS advocates for your patients and their families-and
for YOU.
Pediatricians from around New Hampshire serve on a host of
local and state committees to promote health and health education for young
people of all ages. Would you enjoy meeting regularly with colleagues from
around the state who might share a specific concern? Do you wish somebody would
speak up about issues in that area? That “somebody” could be you! You
don’t have to have a publication to your name, just the willingness to put
something of yourself into pediatric health care. Call up a committee chair
and invite yourself to the next meeting. You would be welcomed warmly.
Most committees meet only a few times a year, so the commitment
is small while the rewards are great.
We advocate through the legislative process. A
pediatrician’s input is enormously valuable when legislation comes up for
discussion in the Legislature. Perhaps you would like to speak on an issue you
really care about. Or perhaps you would would like to consider serving on one of
the state committees that address issues impacting children. Your participation
is welcomed because of your knowledge of child health and development which can
be so helpful in addressing concerns such as suicide prevention, health care
financing, or the distribution of medical care providers, to name a few. One of
these opportunities could be what you have been looking for to share your
expertise and have an impact on the health of children across New Hampshire.
Interested? Call one of the NHPS officers. |
The NHPS advocates for pediatricians, too. We need to
address the real concerns of dissatisfaction
and low morale experienced by some of our colleagues who feel that they have
limited or no control over their situations. Need help with managed care
contracts?
Need some advice on how to promote pediatric primary care
or pediatric subspecialties?
Need a “bully pulpit” at an NHPS meeting in order to
ventilate and get some support?
Wish you had some support for research you’d like to do
in your office? Could you use a $10,000 CATCH grant to help you get a community
project that promotes children’s health up and running? We’ll show you how
to tap into the resources at the national AAP office.
The NHPS provides information on child health and
development to the public at large.There are many publications, tapes, videos,
and other materials available though the AAP to help you provide your patients
and their families with the best medical information available. We’ll help you
access these resources. Or perhaps you’d like to take an active role in health
education---maybe you have a flair for writing or an interest in broadcast
media. Put your talents to work through the NHPS!
Under the leadership of my predecessors, Sol Rockenmacher, Sue Boulter and
Wendy Gladstone, and with the contributions of many of our NHPS members,
our chapter won the AAP Best Small Chapter Award both times we were
eligible the past few years. This is an unprecedented feat.
New Hampshire pediatricians can also be proud of the fact
that for several years now our state has been named the number one state for
children to live in...Please join NHPS in our campaign to keep the Granite State
at the top of that list, while at the same time making it the best location for
pediatricians as well.
M.D.
President, NHPS
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