Trainee Education in Advocacy and Community Health (TEACH)
Welcome to the Trainee Education in Advocacy and Community Health (TEACH) curriculum. The overall goal of the TEACH curriculum is to increase the ability of clinicians to understand, identify, and address the effects of child poverty in a primary care setting. With 1 in 5 children in the United States living in poverty, it is critical that we can recognize, mitigate, and empathize with the effects of child poverty. The curriculum integrates e-learning, clinical experiences, and community-based experiences to help you reach these goals. If you are a facility member interested in incorporating the TEACH Curriculum with your learners please email teach@childrensnational.org for a Facilitator Guide.
Learning Objectives
Describe how the U.S. federal poverty limit is defined, how eligibility for public benefits is determined, and how poverty rates differ among subpopulations
Reflect on one’s personal assumptions, biases, and stereotypes about populations in poverty and the potential effect on patient care
Apply social determinants of health screening methods to a primary care setting
Discuss how racism contributes to health inequities and the physician’s role in disrupting racism
Recognize how poverty impacts early brain development and long-term health
Describe how clinical and community-based interventions can mitigate the pathophysiologic effects of toxic stress and Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
Apply best practices for identification of, and referrals for, social determinants of health (SDH) within a medical home
Develop a care plan to address SDH impacting a patient’s health, in collaboration with the family
Describe the process of creating child health policy within local, state, and federal governments and the opportunities for clinicians to move the levers of power
Create and deliver an effective advocacy message in support of child health and well-being
Lessons
Epidemiology of Child Poverty
Population Health and Social Determinants of Health
Biomedical Influences of Child Pverty
Taking Action in Primary Care
Polcy and Child Poverty
Author(s)
Gail Avent, JD
Executive Director and Founder | Total Family Care Coalition
Karla S. Bartholomew, PhD, JD, MPH, PA
Assistant Dean for Clinical Public Health | George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Lee Beers, MD, FAAP
President | American Academy of Pediatrics
Medical Director, Community Health and Advocacy | American Academy of Pediatrics
Physician | Children’s National Medical Center
Professor of Pediatrics | George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Holly Bloom, BFA
Animator/Instructional Designer | Children's National Hospital
Dale Coddington, MD
Pediatrician, General & Community Pediatrics | Children's National Hospital
Sandra Hassink, MD, FAAP
Medical Director | Institute for Healthy Childhood Weight | American Academy of Pediatrics
Renee Rosalind Jenkins, MD, FAAP
President, Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine | American Academy of Pediatrics
Director of Adolescent Services, Department of Pediatrics and Child Health | Howard University College of Medicine
Pediatrician | Howard University College of Medicine
Professor | Howard University College of Medicine
Chair Emerita | Howard University College of Medicine
Cara Lichtenstein, MD, MPH, FAAP
Pediatrician | Silver Spring Mary
Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatrics | George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Director of Health Equity Education, Pediatric Residency Program | Children’s National Hospital
Associate Program Director, Pediatric Residency Program | Children’s National
Julie Linton, MD, FAAP
Primary Care Pediatrician | Prisma Health Children’s Hospital Upstate
Professor of Pediatrics | University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville
Melissa Madden, MS, MBA
Instructional Designer | Children's National Hospital
Olanrewaju (Lanre) Falusi, MD, MEd, FAAP
Associate Professor of Pediatrics | George Washington School of Medicine and Health Science
Medical Director, Advocacy Education | Child Health Advocacy Institute of Children’s National Hospital
Associate Program Director | Children's National Residency Program
Jessica Weisz, MD, FAAP
Pediatrician | Children's National Hospital
Iana Y. Clarence, MPH
Program Manager | DC Primary Care Association
Lin Chun-Seeley, MA
Program Lead, Advocacy Education and Community Affairs, Child Health Advocacy Institute | Children's National Hospital
Kurt Sidenstick
Senior E-Learning Developer | Children's National Hospital
Mary Ottolini, MD, MEd, MPH, FAAP
George W. Hallett MD Chair of Pediatrics | Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital, Maine Medical Center
Professor of Pediatrics | Tuft’s University School of Medicine
Course Director(s)
Olanrewaju (Lanre) Falusi, MD, MEd, FAAP
Associate Professor of Pediatrics | George Washington School of Medicine and Health Science
Medical Director, Advocacy Education | Child Health Advocacy Institute of Children’s National Hospital
Associate Program Director | Children's National Residency Program
Jessica Weisz, MD, FAAP
Pediatrician | Children's National Hospital
Citation
Falusi O, Weisz J, Clarence I, Chun-Seeley L, Avent G, Bloom H, Sidenstick K, Ottolini M. Trainee Education in Advocacy and Community Health (TEACH). 10/2023. OPENPediatrics. Online Curriculum. https://learn.openpediatrics.org/learn/course/internal/view/elearning/5433/Trainee-Education-in-Advocacy-and-Community-Health-TEACH.