Academic and Research Skills
Adolescent Medicine
Advocacy
Children with Chronic Conditions
Clinical Research
Community Pediatrics
Health Equity/Social Determinants of Health
Quality Improvement/Patient Safety
Trainee
Michael DeBaun, MD, MPH (he/him/his)
Professor
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Session
Description: Despite widespread recognition of health inequity facing the hundreds of thousands of children and adolescents (youth) detained or incarcerated yearly, the population remains invisible to most pediatric trainees, practitioners, and scholars. As its Issue of the Year, the American Pediatric Society has established “Improving Access to Quality Care for Children and Adolescents Who Are Detained or Incarcerated.” We will describe the role of pediatric professionals in improving access to quality care for children and adolescents detained or incarcerated. First, the American Pediatric Society president, Dr. Michael R. DeBaun, will provide introductory remarks, and will moderate the session. Second, a young person with lived experience in Canada’s youth justice system and a parent-adolescent dyad will discuss firsthand accounts of navigating care, along with their treating child health provider, Dr. Amy Gajaria. Third, youth justice expert Dr. Elizabeth Barnert will discuss the health equity context of the US juvenile legal system, emphasizing barriers and solutions for improving access to quality care relevant to generalist and specialist child health providers. Fourth, youth justice researcher Dr. April McNeill-Johnson, in partnership with Dr. DeBaun, will lead audience response activities identifying current knowledge gaps for improving access to quality medical care for children and adolescents incarcerated or held in custody.
Speaker: Michael R. DeBaun, MD, MPH (he/him/his) – Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Speaker: Khadijah Abdul-Gafoor, Honours B.A. English, RECE, Resource Professional (she/her/hers) – York University, George Brown College, Humber College. “The Guided Pen Consultancy Inc.” "Lived Experience Expert"
Speaker: Amy Gajaria, MD, FRCPC (she/her/hers) – University of Toronto Temerty Faculty of Medicine
Speaker: Elizabeth Barnert, MD, MPH, MS – University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine
Speaker: April D. McNeill-Johnson, MD (she/her/hers) – Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics