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National Institute of Health Funding to Address Pediatric Health Disparities
Thu, April 8, 11:35am to 1:05pm EDT (11:35am to 1:05pm EDT), VirtualSession Type: Paper Symposium
Abstract
About 11.9 million children live in poverty, nearly 73 percent of which are children of color (Children’s Defense Fund, 2020). Health disparities based on socioeconomic status and/or race and ethnicity are wide-spread and profound. Child poverty is associated with numerous adverse health outcomes throughout the life course. Minority youth from impoverished backgrounds have, for example, higher rates of exposure to trauma, and are at greater risk for developing mental health disorders, asthma, obesity, and substance use. They are also less likely to have a regular source of health care and access to mental health services (e.g., AAP, 2016; Fairbrother et al, 2017; NIHCM, 2020).
This symposium will focus on the research supported by three Institutes at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that address pediatric health disparities. Three principal investigators will discuss their work aimed at improving the health of youth from racial and ethnic minority and socioeconomically disadvantaged populations. The projects include: (1) a multi-level prevention approach to target disparities in sexual and reproductive health in American Indian youth, (2) chain of care interventions to address suicide risk in Black youth, and (3) an examination of the relationship between environmental ecologies and brain development of children of low socioeconomic status from the longitudinal Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study.
Additionally, current priorities and funding opportunities from each of the three Institutes that focus on the needs of youth from populations affected by health disparities will be discussed.
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We Are Here Now of N/E - Presenting Author: Elizabeth Lynne Rink, Other (Montana State University); Non-Presenting Author: Paula Firemoon, Fort Peck Community College; Non-Presenting Author: Olivia Johnson, Fort Peck Community College; Non-Presenting Author: Genevieve Cox, Montana State University; Non-Presenting Author: Mike Anastario, Florida International University; Non-Presenting Author: Beda Jean-Francois, NIH/NCCIH; Non-Presenting Author: Courtney Aklin, NIH/NIMHD; Non-Presenting Author: Gina Roussos, NIH/NIMHD; Non-Presenting Author: Tilda Farhat, NIH/NIMHD; Non-Presenting Author: Simrann Sidhu, NIH/NIMHD
The Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study (ABCD Study): The Role of SES - Presenting Author: Marybel Robledo Gonzalez, University of California - San Diego; Non-Presenting Author: Clare E. Palmer, University of California San Diego; Non-Presenting Author: Kristina A. Uban, University of California Irvine; Non-Presenting Author: Terry L. Jernigan, University of California - San Diego; Non-Presenting Author: Wesley K Thompson, University of California San Diego; Non-Presenting Author: Elizabeth R. Sowell, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, University of Southern California Los Angeles; Non-Presenting Author: Gaya Dowling, NIH/NIDA; Non-Presenting Author: Beda Jean-Francois, NIH/NCCIH
Chain of Care Approaches to Address Suicide Risk in Black Youth - Presenting Author: Holly C. Wilcox, Johns Hopkins University; Non-Presenting Author: Mary Cwik, Johns Hopkins University; Non-Presenting Author: Mitchell Goldstein, Johns Hopkins University; Non-Presenting Author: Crystal Barksdale, National Institute of Mental Health; Non-Presenting Author: Beda Jean-Francois, NIH/NCCIH