American Academy of Pediatrics

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medical organization nonprofit organization professional association

The American Academy of Pediatrics is a professional organization of pediatricians in the United States dedicated to advancing the health and well-being of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults through advocacy, education, and clinical guidance.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	medical organization → nonprofit organization → professional association →
abbreviation	AAP →
advocatesFor	access to pediatric care → child health policy → immunization programs → injury prevention →
collaboratesWith	American Academy of Family Physicians → American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists → Centers for Disease Control and Prevention →
country	United States →
develops	Bright Futures guidelines →
field	pediatrics →
focus	adolescent health → child health → infant health → young adult health →
founded	1930 →
foundedInCity	Chicago, Illinois →
hasCommittee	Committee on Adolescence → Committee on Fetus and Newborn → Committee on Infectious Diseases → Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine →
hasMemberCountApprox	over 60,000 members →
hasSection	Section on Breastfeeding → Section on Emergency Medicine → Section on Hospital Medicine → Section on Infectious Diseases →
headquartersLocation	Itasca, Illinois →
issues	clinical practice guidelines → policy statements → technical reports →
language	English →
membership	pediatricians →
membershipRegion	United States →
previousHeadquartersLocation	Chicago, Illinois → Elk Grove Village, Illinois →
publishes	AAP News → Pediatrics →
purpose	advocacy → clinical guidance → education →
regionServed	United States →
specializesIn	child advocacy → pediatric clinical standards →
taxStatus	501(c)(3) organization →
website	https://www.aap.org →

Referenced by (26)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Committee on Adolescence → Committee on Fetus and Newborn → Committee on Infectious Diseases → Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine → Section on Emergency Medicine → Section on Hospital Medicine → Section on Infectious Diseases →	partOf
Committee on Infectious Diseases → Section on Emergency Medicine → Section on Infectious Diseases →	parentOrganization
Committee on Adolescence ("American Academy of Pediatrics Board of Directors") → Committee on Infectious Diseases ("American Academy of Pediatrics Board of Directors") →	advises
Committee on Fetus and Newborn → Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine →	affiliation
C. Everett Koop → Virginia Apgar →	memberOf
Bright Futures guidelines → Pediatrics →	publisher
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists →	collaboratesWith
Bright Futures guidelines →	developer
Pediatrics →	foundedBy
Section on Hospital Medicine →	hasParentOrganization
Council of Medical Specialty Societies →	hasPart
Committee on Adolescence ("American Academy of Pediatrics Council and Committee structure") →	operatesWithin
Pediatrics →	publishedBy
AAP →	standsFor