Academic Advocacy and Promotion: How to Climb a Ladder Not Yet Built

Recent federal challenges to children's healthcare suggest an increased need for pediatric advocacy efforts to articulate a medical perspective on child health policy issues.1,2 Attempts to change the funding structure of Medicaid via block grants, reductions in funding for teen pregnancy prevention, delays in reauthorizing the Children's Health Insurance Program, and actions to undermine the Affordable Care Act threaten the pediatric population's access to care.3-5 Academic pediatricians, whose research and clinical work often closely relates to healthcare disparities and social determinants of health, are ideally poised to help inform public policy for children's health issues.

Source: The Journal of Pediatrics - September 25, 2019 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Shetal Shah, Heather L. Brumberg, Alice Kuo, Vivek Balasubramaniam, Shale Wong, Valerie Opipari Tags: Notes from the Association of Medical School Pediatric Department Chairs, Inc. Source Type: research