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The Intersection of Child Poverty With Race, Immigrant Status, and Environmental Threats in the Age of COVID-19

Chair(s)

• 

  Benard Dreyer, MD

  Professor
  Pediatrics
  NYU Grossman School of Medicine
  New York, New York, United States
• 

  Adam Schickedanz, MD PhD

  Assistant Professor
  Pediatrics
  UCLA
  Los Angeles, California, United States

This State of the Art Plenary will bring together national experts on child poverty, racism and racial inequities, immigrant health, Native American culture, and environmental threats to discuss the intersectionality of child poverty. Poor children don't just suffer from "double jeapardy", but frequently "multiple jeapardy" from many overlapping threats to their health and development. The COVID-19 pandemic has further unearthed as well as intensified these threats to children including loss of financial resources, loss of nutritional supports, loss of family members, and loss of educational opportunity. Our speakers will be able to elucidate and contextualize the living "venn diagram" of these intersections for children and families. All of the speakers will also address the specific impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on these families who are vulnerable because of being under-resourced and often are marginalized, and will leave the attendees with what is a call for action to all of us.

Presentations:

• 4:30 PM - 4:35 PM US CT

  Introduction of Speakers
  

  Presenter: Benard Dreyer, MD – NYU Grossman School of Medicine
• 4:35 PM - 4:40 PM US CT

  Setting the Stage for the Discussants
  

  Presenter: Adam Schickedanz, MD PhD – UCLA
• 4:40 PM - 4:55 PM US CT

  The Intersection of Race and Poverty: Addressing Health Care Inequities in Children. The session will include an overview of disparities in income and wealth and how bias in healthcare has shaped racial inequities in health outcomes for children. There will also be the role of COVID-19 pandemic in exacerbating these inequities and effective solutions that can be recommended.
  

  Presenter: Tumaini R. Coker, MD, MBA – University of Washington/Seattle Children's
• 4:55 PM - 5:10 PM US CT

  Structural Racism in Medicine, Poverty, and Child Population Health: This session will use the evidence to highlight the relationship between structural racism, poverty, and child health. There will be a focus on education, employment, recreation, and policies.
  

  Presenter: Nia J. Heard-Garris, MD, MSc, FAAP
• 5:25 PM - 5:40 PM US CT

  Native American Communities, Poverty, and Child Health: The session will review the historial trauma that the Native American community has experienced and has led to increased poverty for Native American families and children. The session will also focus on interventions and startegies that will help imrpove the health of these childdren as well as address the added exonomic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  

  Presenter: Shaquita Bell, MD – University of Washington School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics
• 5:40 PM - 6:00 PM US CT

  Environmental Threats to Poor Children and the Triple Threat of Environental Toxins, Poverty, and Racism. The speaker has been at the epicenter of these issues and has become one of our pediatric heroes for her work in Flint Michigan. She will also make concluding remarks touching on the points made by the other speakers.
  

  Presenter: Mona Hanna-Attisha, MD MPH – Michigan State University
• 6:00 PM - 6:30 PM US CT

  Break
  

  Presenter: Belinda Thomas
• 6:30 PM - 7:00 PM US CT

  Click for Live Q&A: The Intersection of Child Poverty With Race, Immigrant Status, and Environmental Threats in the Age of COVID-19
  

  Presenter: Belinda Thomas