Pediatric advocacy: Advancement in academic institutions

Sara M Bode; Eimaan Anwar; Debra L Best; Mona Patel; Lee S Beers; Jeffrey M Kaczorowski; Barry S Solomon; Lisa J Chamberlain

doi:10.1038/s41390-023-02997-1

Pediatric advocacy: Advancement in academic institutions

Pediatr Res. 2024 Jan 9. doi: 10.1038/s41390-023-02997-1. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Sara M Bode¹, Eimaan Anwar², Debra L Best³, Mona Patel⁴, Lee S Beers⁵, Jeffrey M Kaczorowski⁶, Barry S Solomon⁷, Lisa J Chamberlain²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA. sara.bode@nationwidechildrens.org.
² Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
⁵ Department of General and Community Pediatrics, Children's National Health System, Washington, DC, USA.
⁶ Department of Pediatrics, Golisano Children's Hospital, Rochester, NY, USA.
⁷ Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MA, USA.

PMID: 38195941
DOI: 10.1038/s41390-023-02997-1

Abstract

Children are facing many threats to their health today that require system change at a sweeping level to have real-world impact. Pediatricians are positioned as natural leaders to advocate for these critical community and policy changes. Academic medical center (AMC) leaders recognize the importance of this advocacy and clear steps can be taken to improve the structure to support pediatricians in their advocacy careers through faculty development and promotion, including standardized scholarly measurement of the outcomes.