Advocacy
Community Pediatrics
COVID-19
General Pediatrics
Global Neonatal & Children's Health
Health Equity/Social Determinants of Health
Mental Health
Public Health
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Tina Cheng, MD, MPH
Chair of Pediatrics, CMO, Director of the Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation
Cincinnati Children's Hospital, University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Session
Description: The far-reaching impact of the COVID-19 pandemic—coupled with co-occurring events and historic inequities rooted in structural racism—are expected to have lasting adverse effects on children’s physical, mental, and socio-emotional development. The Committee on Addressing the Long-Term Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Children and Families will release its report in early 2023. This study addresses the consequences of and solutions to the long-term effects of COVID-19 on children living in marginalized communities. COVID-19 has caused unprecedented impacts on the lives of children and families as a result of illness and death; public health safety measures, including school closures; social isolation; financial hardship; food insecurity; disrupted sleep; and gaps in health care access. Co-occurring with the pandemic has been racial trauma, including violence against communities of color; protests against that violence; and the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on Black, Latino, and Native American families. The committee conducted an extensive critical review of the existing research literature, held information-gathering sessions with key stakeholders (including parents, K-12 educators, health care professionals, early care and education professionals, adolescents, and juvenile justice and child welfare professionals), and commissioned papers to understand the impact of the pandemic on the workforce, housing sector, and student loan repayment on families. This session will describe impacts of the pandemic on children and families in social, emotional, and relational development; learning and education; and physical and mental health and will outline programs and economic and social policies needed to promote recovery and “pandemic proof” for the future.
Speaker: Tina L. Cheng, MD, MPH – Cincinnati Children's Hospital, University of Cincinnati
Speaker: Nia J. Heard-Garris, MD, MSc (she/they) – Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago/Northwestern University
Speaker: Joseph L. Wright, MD MPH – University of Maryland Schools of Medicine and Public Health
Speaker: Marci Ybarra, MSW PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Wisconsin
Speaker: Tumaini R. Coker, MD, MBA (she/her/hers) – University of Washington School of Medicine