Child Health Advocacy
Our Advocacy Mission
The Department of Pediatrics seeks to advance pediatric healthcare access, outcomes, and discovery through evidence-informed advocacy for systems change.
Our Advocacy Values
Our Advocacy efforts are guided by several core values:
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Advocates: We leverage our expertise and relationships to advocate for policy changes benefiting children’s health access, outcomes, and discovery. |
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Champion for Children & Their Families: We are passionate champions for children and their families across the pediatric continuum, centering their unique needs and capacities. |
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Community-Engaged: With cultural humility, we cultivate mutually beneficial partnerships, locally, regionally, and globally. |
Our Advocacy Goals
We seek to:
- Generate new evidence to inform policy change in order to promote children’s health.
- Disseminate research to inform policy makers and key decision makers on key child health issues.
- Train the next generation of child health advocates.
Grand Rounds on Advocacy
View a list of Advocacy-related Grand Rounds recorded presentations.
For more information about the University of Minnesota's Pediatric Grand Rounds, click here.
Faculty Spotlight - Excellence in Child Advocacy
Each year the Department of Pediatrics recognizes a faculty member for their "Excellence in Child Advocacy".