Council Program
Topic(s): Community Pediatrics
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(Optional) Be the Pebble: Starting Ripples of Change |12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
This educational session will take place before the Council on Community Pediatrics Program. Attendance at the council program isn’t required, but you are certainly encouraged to stay!
Faculty: Sara M Bode, MD, Rinet Fernandes, MD, FAAP, and Chris Peltier, MD, FAAP
This session will introduce the new AAP Community Advocacy Roadmap tool, demonstrate how you can use it in your local advocacy work, and provide real-world examples of pediatricians who joined forces with community partners to transform their communities.
*Thanks to the generous financial support of ByHeart, we are able to offer a FREE lunch to the first 90 people who register for this opportunity! Register here. If you have any questions, please contact Courtney Day at cday@aap.org.
Council on Community Pediatrics Program| 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Faculty: Mala Mathur, MD, MPH, FAAP, Pooja S. Tandon, MD, MPH, FAAP, and Sarah Milligan-Toffler, BA.
This session will examine the intersection of children’s rights and access to nature, emphasizing how access to nature promotes optimal health and well-being. The session will explore the mechanisms through which nature improves health and strategies to advocate for access to nature for all children.
Sara M. Bode, MD (she/her/hers)
Professor of Pediatrics
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Powell, Ohio, United States
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Rinet Fernandes, MD, FAAP
Physician
St. Joseph’s Children's Hospital, Paterson, NJ, United States
Chris Peltier, MD, FAAP (he/him/his)
Pediatric Associates of Mount Carmel, Inc.
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
South Lebanon, Ohio, United States
Mala Mathur, MD, MPH
Associate Professor
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
University of Wisconsin Madison
Verona, Wisconsin, United States
Pooja S. Tandon, MD, MPH (she/her/hers)
Associate Professor
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington, United States
Sarah Milligan-Toffler, BA (she/her/hers)
President & CEO
Children & Nature Network
Chattahoochee Hills, Georgia, United States