Child Health Equity, An Issue of Pediatric Clinics of North America by Kahn, Robert S.; Mitchell, Monica; Cheng, Tina L.;

Long description:

In this issue of Pediatric Clinics of North America, guest editors Drs. Robert S. Kahn, Monica Mitchell, and Tina L. Cheng bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Achieving Child Health Equity. Health equity requires removing obstacles to health such as poverty, discrimination, and their consequences, including powerlessness and lack of access to good jobs with fair pay, quality education and housing, safe environments, and health care. In this issue, top experts provide up-to-date information to healthcare practitioners with the goal of implementing programs and policies to identify and address health care inequality for children.

• Contains 15 practice-oriented topics including clarity on disparity of healthcare in pediatrics: who, what, when, where and how; screening and addressing social determinants of health in pediatric practice; addressing structural racism in pediatric practice; addressing health literacy in pediatric practice; LGBTQ+ and child health equity; and more.ï¿1⁄2

• Provides in-depth clinical reviews of achieving child health equity, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.ï¿1⁄2

• Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.ï¿1⁄2

Table of Contents:

A Framework for Pursuing Child Health Equity in Pediatric Practice Clarity on Disparity: Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How Population Health in Pediatric Primary Care as a Means to Achieving Child Health Equity Alternative Payment Models and Working with Payers-Key Considerations for Advancing Population Health Goals and Achieving Child Health Equity Partnering with Families and Communities to Improve Child Health and Health Equity Addressing Social Determinants of Health in Practice Pursuing a Cross-Sector Approach to Advance Child Health Equity Addressing Structural Racism in Pediatric Clinical Practice Addressing Health Literacy in Pediatric Practice: A Health Equity Lens Health Care Anchors' Responsibilities and Approaches to Achieving Child Health Equity Pediatric Primary-Care Integrated Behavioral Health: A Framework for Reducing Inequities in Behavioral Health Care and Outcomes for Children Health Care for Children in Immigrant Families: Key Considerations and Addressing Barriers Achieving Health Equity for Sexual and Gender-Diverse Youth Climate Change and Child Health Equity Crossing the Quality Chasm and the Ignored Pillar of Health Care Equity Achieving Child Health Equity: Policy Solutions