Bookeditors, Maria Trent, Danielle G. Dooley, Jacqueline Dougé ; with a foreword by Joseph L. Wright.
Summary: Health professionals who care for children will find a thoughtful and hands-on resource to address racism and race-related issues in their practices in this essay collection. Leading experts from across disciplines frame the issues and provide practical information on prevention, intervention, and anticipatory guidance.
Contents:
Front Matter
Part 1. Framing the Issues
1. Moving Toward Health Equity
2. Social Determinants of Health and the Invisible Ubiquity of Racism: A Driving Force of Health Inequities and the Way Forward
3. Implicit and Explicit Biases and the Pediatric Health Professional
4. How Adults Can Promote Positive Racial and Ethnic Identities in the Context of Structural Racism
5. Understanding Racism and Adolescence
Part 2. Intersections of Racism and Health for Children and Adolescents
Section 1. Population-Specific Issues
6. Considering Multiracial Youth: Identity Challenges and Health Outcomes
7. Treaties, Public Health Service, and Health Status of Native American Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults
8. The Model Minority Myth
9. The Intersection of Race, Sexuality, and Gender Identity During Adolescence
10. The Intersection of Racism, Immigration, and Child Health
11. Neurodevelopmental Disorders and the Impact of Racism
12. Addressing the Impact of Racism on the Mental Health of Youth: A Focus on Pediatric Health Professionals and Collaborators
13. Substance Use Policy and Practice
14. Reproductive Justice-Informed Care for STIs, Contraception, and Abortion in Pediatrics
Section 2. Community Experiences of Racism
15. The Role of Racism in Child and Adolescent Injuries
16. The Impact of Racism on Education
17. The Impact of Interactions With Law Enforcement on the Health of Racially Minoritized Youth
18. Youth Legal System
19. Environmental Justice
Part 3. Optimizing Anti-racism in Practice
Section 1. Clinical Practice
20. Using Racial Equity Policy Tools to Further Anti-racism in Pediatrics
21. Culturally Congruent Strategies to Build the Pediatric Health Workforce
22. Book Sharing and Children's Literature as a Strategy for Facilitating Conversations on Race
23. Talking With White Children and Adolescents About Racism
24. Racial Trauma and Trauma-Informed Practice
25. Why #RepresentationMatters in Media
26. Positive Youth Development as an Anti-racist Strategy
27. The Role of Pediatric Health Professionals in Promoting Equity and Child Development
28. Helping Minoritized Youth Resist Racism
Section 2. Organization/Systems
29. Best Practices in Diversity Management
30. The Role of Quality and Safety in Furthering Health Equity
31. Achieving Equity for Opportunity Youth
32. Pediatric and Adolescent Research on Race and Racism
Section 3. Public Health, Policy, and Advocacy
33. Child Health Advocacy and Anti-racism
34. Public Health: Disparities and Inequities in Your Community
35. Conclusion
Index