The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 160, Issue 2 , Pages 183-184.e1, February 2012

Community Health and Advocacy Training in Pediatrics: Using Asset-Based Community Development for Sustainability

  • Su-Ting T. Li, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Su-Ting T. Li, MD, MPH, Department of Pediatrics, University of California Davis, 2516 Stockton Blvd, Room 220, Sacramento, CA 95817-2233.
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  • Elizabeth M. Sterba, MS

      Affiliations

    • Office of the Vice Chancellor and Dean, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA
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  • Elizabeth Miller, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
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  • Richard J. Pan, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • California Legislature, Sacramento, CA
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  • Albina Gogo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA
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  • Anthony F. Philipps, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA

Pediatricians play a critical role in promoting the health of all children, and community health and child advocacy experiences are now a required component of pediatric residency training.5 Since the 1999 initiation of the University of California Davis pediatric residency program’s Communities and Health Professionals Together (CHPT) partnership, the CHPT’s scope has expanded to include training of residents from the Departments of Family and Community Medicine and Internal Medicine, as well as students from the Schools of Nursing, Medicine, and Public Health.

ABCD, Asset-based community development, CHPT, Communities and Health Professionals Together

 

 Initially funded by the Dyson Foundation and Sierra Health Foundation. The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

PII: S0022-3476(11)01111-5

doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2011.10.032

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 160, Issue 2 , Pages 183-184.e1, February 2012

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