Every Child Deserves Fair and Just Health Opportunities
While child health equity garnered significant attention during the pandemic, the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners has always been committed to delivering the same, high-quality, evidence-based pediatric health care to all children regardless of their socioeconomic background, race, citizenship status or sexual orientation.Â
Building Resilience in Childhood and Adolescence – update will be published in JPHC in May/June 2025 edition
Conversations on Child Health Equity is a series of recorded conversations with NAPNAP experts and stakeholders that address key issues related to social determinants of health. Available wherever you listen to podcasts.Â
Social Determinants of Health – free at PedsCESM
- Five Trainings for Health Professionals to Integrate Racial Equity Into Practice – Public Health Foundation
- Enhancing Diversity in the Workforce – American Association of Colleges of Nursing
- Cultural Competency in Nursing Education – American Association of Colleges of Nursing​
- A More Diverse Nursing Workforce – American Journal of Nursing
Child & Adolescent Focused Resources
- Curated list of children’s books by age to guide family discussions on race and racism – Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
- Sesame Street/CNN Town Hall on Racism
Talking to Children About Racial Bias by Ashaunta Anderson, MD, MPH, MSHS, FAAP & Jacqueline Dougé, MD, MPH, FAAP
Adult Focused Books
- A Terrible Thing To Waste: Environmental Racism And Its Assault On The American Mind by Harriet A. Washington
- Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together In The Cafeteria? And Other Conversations About Race by Beverly Daniel Tatum
- Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
- White Kids: Growing Up with Privilege in a Racially Divided America by Margaret A. Hagerman
- Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America’s Heartland by Jonathan M. Metzel
- Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America by Jennifer Harvey
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Adult Focused Podcasts
- Health and Home with The Hippocratic Hosts, Dr. Lisa Varghese-Kroll and Dr. Lanre Falusi
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- LGBTQ Youth Resources – Human Rights Campaign
- Healthcare Equality Index – Human Rights Campaign
- Supporting LGBTQ+ youth including suicide prevention and mental health concerns – Trevor Project
- Advocacy tools for LGBTQ+ youth – Advocates for Youth
- Pediatrics article “Child Health Disparities: What Can a Clinician Do?”Â
- Pediatrics article “The Impact of Racism on Child and Adolescent Health”
- CDC’s Health Equity page, which includes resources on chronic diseases
- Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health – Health Resources and Services Administration
- British Medical Journal Paediatrics Open article “Addressing Inequities in Child Health and Development Towards Social Justice”
