Advocacy
Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
General Pediatrics
Health Equity/Social Determinants of Health
Health Services Research
Literacy
Public Health
School and Community Health
Jaime Peterson, MD, MPH (she/her/hers)
Assistant Professor
Oregon Health and Science University
Portland, Oregon, United States
Baraka Floyd, MD, MSc (she/her/hers)
Clinical Associate Professor, Associate Chair of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice, Department of Pediatrics
Pediatrics
Stanford University School of Medicine
Palo Alto, California, United States
Session
Description: The period from pregnancy through age 3 is the time of greatest growth and opportunity in a child’s life. This is reflected in several AAP initiatives, including the Policy Statement “Advocacy for Improving Nutrition in the First 1,000 Days to Support Childhood Development and Adult Health”, and the Bright Futures Examples for Promoting Early Brain and Child Development. Further, state legislatures and Medicaid agencies are also developing strategies targeted at the First 1,000 days for system and policy changes. Simultaneously, payers, health systems, and communities work to develop population-based strategies that improve outcomes continues.
The MCH SIG is committed to moving this work forward to ensure all children are developmentally on-track and healthy from birth to age three. The purpose of this action-oriented Special Interest Group is to unite pediatricians to develop, implement, evaluate, and collaborate around research approaches, systems changes, and policies that strengthen a child’s First 1,000 Days.
Informed by our SIG’s progress in understanding the landscape of community health workers across the United States, promising early childhood education approaches, and the promise of integrated data systems to connect healthcare systems, payers, and early childhood systems the content theme for this year’s Maternal Child Health SIG will focus on Data Sharing and Payment Reform to accelerate cross-sector work in pediatrics.
Speaker: Jaime W. Peterson, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Oregon Health and Science University
Speaker: Baraka D. Floyd, MD, MSc (she/her/hers) – Stanford University School of Medicine