International Health Initiatives in Community Pediatrics
Currently work is underway to improve child health outcomes using
principals of community pediatrics through two main international
initiatives.
Equity Project
The mission of the Equity Project is to improve child health and
reduce the gap in health disparities among populations of children
in the United States and United Kingdom, in particular among
children living in poverty and other groups of marginalized
children. Goals of the Equity Project address education and
training, practice and advocacy, research and public policy,
and children’s rights. This project is a collaboration
with the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Royal College
of Paediatrics in the UK.
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the Equity Project
International Children’s Congresses
Starting in 1991, at the request of U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services Secretary at that time, Dr. Louis Sullivan, HHS’
Maternal and Child Health Bureau’s Division of Services for
Children with Special Health Care Needs has played a leadership
role in fostering a dialogue among nations to promote the same principles
HHS is acting out in communities across the United States: family-centered
care, partnership among agencies and with families, cultural competence,
and the building of cross-disciplinary systems of services at the
local, neighborhood level to help children with disabilities and
their families become an integral part of their home communities.
The international dialogue focused on children takes the form of
International Children’s Congresses held every two years.
These multi-national meetings bring together policymakers, family
members, young people with disabilities, and service providers from
multiple countries to talk about children and youth with special
needs and how best to work alongside them and their families to
make it possible for these young people to become constructive,
contributing members of their nations. The American Academy of Pediatrics
participates in the Congresses.
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the International Children's Congresses
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