BACKGROUND
Reducing childhood health disparities and achieving health equity are core to the Council on Community Pediatrics mission. Health equity is also a universal principle on the AAP Agenda for Children.
AAP RESOURCES
Publications
"Health Equity and Children's Rights". Pediatrics Vol. 125 No. 4 April 1, 2010
"Starting Early: A Life-Course Perspective on Child Health Disparities - Developing a Research Action Agenda". Pediatrics November 2009; 124 Vol. 124 Supplement 3
"Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health and Health Care of Children." Pediatrics Vol 125 (4) April 2010
Ensuring Culturally Effective Pediatric Care: Implications for Education and Health Policy Pediatrics Vol. 114 No. 6 December 2004
Enhancing the Diversity of the Pediatrician Workforce Pediatrics Vol. 119 No. 4 April 2007
Providing Care for Immigrant, Homeless, and Migrant Children Pediatrics Vol 115 (4) April 2005
Practice Tools
AAP Toolkit Culturally Effective Care Toolkit
Educational Goals and Objectives for Culturally Effective Pediatric Care for Residents in Pediatrics
Culturally Effective Care in the Medical Home
Culturally Effective Pediatric Care in a Community-based Health Program
Putting Health Literacy into Practice: A Pediatric Approach
Additional Resources
AAP Principles to Reduce Disparities and Promote Equity in Children's Health Care.
Children's Rights Curriculum
FOR MORE INFORMATION For more information about the Council on Community Pediatrics, contact COCP Staff.