Operation Advocacy: Voices for Children's Health

Together with nationally recognized climate health and healthcare sustainability leaders, Drs. Aparna Bole and John Balbus, we explore how climate change affects children, the contribution of healthcare to the changing climate, and the many ways – from local to federal action – we can advocate for the health of our children.

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Join Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Joshua Seftel and pediatric surgeon Dr. Chethan Sathya, co-creator and producer of the award-winning documentary All The Empty Rooms (on Netflix) as we discuss the power of storytelling in advocacy and building partnerships to advance children's health.

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What does it take to keep kids safe as e-bike use continues to grow? In
Episode 3 of Operation Advocacy, host Joanne Baerg, MD, is joined by Sigrid Burruss, MD, FACS, and Romeo Ignacio, MD, FACS, FAAP, to discuss the rising number of pediatric e-bike injuries, practical steps families can take to improve safety, and how advocacy efforts like the SAFE Ride Act could help protect children. 

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Join us to discuss the current state of Medicaid and children's healthcare coverage and how to advocate. Experts Leonardo Cuelllo, JD Research Professor at Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy’s Center for Children and Families, and Tamar Haro, former Senior Director of Federal & State Advocacy at the American Academy of Pediatrics, now at Haro Solutions join us. Resources, fact checks & policy watch links on Padlet.

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Pediatric surgeon and president of the American Pediatric Surgical Association, Dr. Andrea Hayes-Dixon, discusses why pediatric surgeons advocate and ways that ALL can advocate to improve children’s health. She shares personal experiences pioneering a surgical procedure to treat a previously almost incurable cancer and her basic science research successes. Insights into funding for pediatric healthcare research, its importance and current challenges.

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