District Medical Officer for the ADPH, Dr. Wes Stubblefield, returns to share some updates from the AL Department of Public Health! From new initiatives, recent statistics, review of some of ADPH's resources and more!

* Please note, this was recorded June 6th and does not cover any updates since then.

For more information on HPV Communication Skills Training: click here.

Report a notifiable disease with the ADPH: click here.

ADPH Measles information site: click here.

CDC Vaccine and Immunization site: click here.

ADPH Home Page: click here.

ADPH Contact info/hotline page: click here.

Check out and sign up for Children's of AL's Project ECHO: click here.

To contact Dr. Wes Stubblefield with any questions: wes.stubblefield@adph.state.al.us

Dr. Natalie Carlisle, Dr. Steffane Battle and Dr. Hannah Brooks join us today to share about their experiences at the AL AAP Spring Meeting in Gulf Shores last month! Listen in on the highlights of the talks and expo participants, as well as how fun it was hanging out with fellow pediatricians!

Join us at the 2025 AL AAP Fall/Annual Meeting: click here.

Listen to what's new with the AL Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics with our Chapter President, Dr. Norma Mobley, and our Executive Director, Linda Lee! Check out how the Spring Meeting went, legislative updates (as of June 6th), to current and upcoming Chapter updates!

For more information on the Fall/Annual meeting: click here.

For more information on Pages Over Pixels: click here.

If you are a pediatrician/pediatric provider and interested in joining the AL AAP: click here.

Check out our AL AAP Chapter's initiative on encouraging less screen time and more reading and playtime, Pages Over Pixels! Joining us are our initiative's physician Champion, Dr. Jaime McKinney, and our Chapter's Program Coordinator, Beth Johns! Be sure to spread the word!

For more information on Pages Over Pixels: click here.

For more information on Fair Play: click here.
- Also, check out some of their helpful handouts! click here.

For more tips from the AAP on media guidance: click here.

Be sure to come to our Chapter's Annual Meeting Sept 12-14 for our Pages Over Pixels' session! Click here for more info.

Don't forget to check out resources provided by our episode's sponsor, the AL Department of Public Health's Immunization Division: click here.

Michelle McDaniel and Cherish Fletcher of the Regional Autism Network of AL (RAN) join us to share more about what RAN is, how it came about, and how it can help anyone with autism and their families, as well as their community! It's a great resource hub for all medical providers and for the general public; and there are multiple campuses to help the entire state!

For more information on the Regional Autism Network: click here.

• For Region I (Univ of AL- Huntsville): uahran@uah.edu
• Region II (Univ of AL): ua-ran@ua.edu
• Region III (Univ of South AL): usaran@health.southalabama.edu
• Region IV (Auburn Univ): auran@auburn.edu
• Region V (Univ of AL at Birmingham): uabran@uab.edu

For more information on the Alabama Interagency Autism Coordinating Council (AIACC) : click here.

For more information on Sibshops: click here.

Check out what our Reach Out and Read 's Prescription for Summer Reading Book is for this year and also meet the author!! ROR-AL's Summer Reading campaign is an annual event that brings pediatric practices and families together to promote early childhood literacy and relational health! Also joining us is Brittany Winans from All About Books!

To learn more about Baby Unplugged: click here.
- Also check out this video about Baby Unplugged! Click here.

Check out Blue Manatee Press: click here.

Check out All About Books and some blogs Dr. Hutton wrote: click here.

Thank you to our sponsor, the Alabama Dept. of Public Health's Immunization Division for supporting this episode! For more information and resources on vaccines: click here.

Today our AL AAP Chapter's Oral Health Champion, Pediatric Dentist Dr. Richard Simpson, shares why oral health is important not just for mothers, but for their children as well!

Check out the Protect Tiny Teeth Toolkit: click here.

For the Prenatal Oral Health Conversation Guide: click here.

Check out the HealthChildren.org page on oral health: click here.

For more information, tools and resources from the American Academy of Pediatrics to share with your families about oral health: click here.

Thanks again to our sponsor, the Alabama Department of Public Health's Immunization Division! Don't Wait, Vaccinate!!

Meet the Pediatric Department Chair of the Univ of Alabama at Birmingham/Children's of Alabama, Dr. Yung Lao! Listen as we get to know him and what his goals for UAB Pediatrics and for the children of Alabama are!

For more information on Dr. Lau: click here.

For more information on Children's of AL's Project ECHO (Extension of Community Healthcare Outcomes): click here.

Check out Alabama LifeStart! Click here.