Child maltreatment includes physical abuse and neglect, and happens in all countries and
cultures. Child maltreatment usually results from interactions between several risk factors …

African American families navigate not only everyday stressors and adversities but also
unique sociocultural stressors (eg,“toxic upstream waters” like oppression). These adverse …

With greater understanding of the impact of social determinants on child health, advocacy
has become essential to promoting children's health, particularly at the population level …

Recent changes in health care delivery systems and in medical training have primed
academia for a paradigm shift, with strengthened support for an expanded definition of …

Children in the United States increasingly are at risk for health problems that are precipitated
or exacerbated by social, community, and environmental factors. Currently, pediatricians are …

Background Many health problems affecting children today are based in the community and
cannot be easily addressed in the office setting. Child advocacy is an effective approach for …

scholarship is essential. Symbolically, is demonstrates the importance of advocacy in the
ecosystem of pediatric health and, practically, it concedes that this work utilizes professional …

National attention to racial and ethnic health disparities has increased over the last decades,
but marked improvements in minority health, especially among children, have been slow to …

This study examines public policy advocacy by pediatricians and other health professionals
in the hashtag community:# putkids1st. The study explores 4321 tweets that feature the …

Paediatricians are in an excellent position to identify children with environmental risk, to
advise their parents about the best way of reducing or preventing such risks, and to …