Learning Objectives
Learning Objectives
Wright CJ, Katcher ML, Blatt SD, et al. Toward the Development of Advocacy Training Curricula for Pediatric Residents: A National Delphi Study; Ambulatory Pediatrics. May/Jun 2005
Knowledge Objectives
Patient-level advocacy
Barriers that limit patient access to care
Community agencies and resources (eg. governmental, non profit, food pantries, housing assistance, early intervention, Head Start, etc.)
Societal/cultural factors that influence child health
Cultural and social context of patients
Community-level
advocacy
Local community characteristics
Basic public health and the strengths and weaknesses of the system in promoting the health of children
Linkages between various demographic factors (eg. Employment and poverty, health and nutrition, etc)
Priorities of the community and its organizations
Limitations of medical care in improving the health and well-being of children
Legislative/policy
advocacy
How to access local and state government leaders
Components of legislative advocacy
How the legislative process works
Skills Objectives
Patient-level advocacy
Assess patient’s and family’s assets and needs
Screen for issues that affect child health (eg. food, education, housing, safety, etc)
Work collaboratively with patients, families and community agencies
Involve patients in decision making
Identify appropriate local resources and steer patients toward them
Communicate effectively with patients, families and others
Community-level
advocacy
Access community resources
Reach out on behalf of patients to other components of the health system and to public and private agencies
Plan actions necessary to bring about desired change or results
Develop relationships with those in need in the community
Work cooperatively in multidisciplinary teams
Legislative/policy
advocacy
Participate in ongoing advocacy efforts within the hospital, professional groups (eg. AAP) or grassroots efforts
Describe the issues to others in understandable language and express personal experience and data with feeling
Work and collaborate with others
Incorporate scientific information in a meaningful way into documents/testimony, etc
Attitudinal Objectives
Advocating for children is a part of one’s professional role as a pediatrician
Environmental factors—physical, psychological, social and economic—have a direct impact on all the aspects of the child’s physical and developmental processes
The child must always be considered in the context of his/her family, culture, community and society
Physicians should feel committed to the health of populations and communities as well as the health of individual patients
Engagement in civil society is part of the professional responsibility of a pediatrician