Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
The Tennessee chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics is committed to providing equitable and inclusive care to the diverse patient population across our state so that every child and adolescent may achieve optimal health and well-being.
Please see below for resources and reading lists that may be helpful to you.
If you have any suggestions or feedback, please email maya.neeley@vumc.org
Resource List:
The Impact of Racism on Child and Adolescent Health
Providing Care for Children in Immigrant Families
Ensuring Comprehensive Care and Support for Transgender and Gender-Diverse Children and Adolescents
Necessary Conversations: Understanding Racism as a Barrier to Achieving Health Equity
AAP Racial Equity Course (free to members)
Health Equity for Children with Special Health Needs
The Intersection of Race, Racism, and Child Health
Overcoming Asian and Pacific Islander Racism
Infant Mortality in Rural Areas, Structural Inequities (Additional Reading Here)
Office-based care for LGBTQI youth
Discrimination and the role of the clinician
Eliminating Race Based Medicine
Bright Futures Health Equity Resources
Healthy Children has a number of articles helpful for both practitioners and patients/families, see examples below:
- Talking with children about racism
- Talking with children about bias
- Understanding gender identity development
- Inclusive books for children
Reading List:
Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare, the Institute of Medicine
Bad Blood: The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment, James Jones
Citizen, An American Lyric, Claudia Rankine
A Disability History of the United States, Kim Nielsen
Belonging: the Key to Transforming and Maintaining Diversity, Inclusion, and Equality at Work, Sue Unerman
Invisible Women, Caroline Criada-Perez
The Warmth of Other Suns, Isabella Wilkerson
How to Survive a Plague, David France
The Health Gap, Michael Marmot