Webinar Date/Time: December 5, 2016, 12:00 - 1:00 Eastern Time
DC- Baltimore Research Center on Child Disparities and The Office of Faculty Development College of Medicine Howard University brings you this webinar, presented by:
- Ashaunta Anderson, MD, MPH, MSHS, University of California, Riverside
and - Lee M. Pachter, DO, Professor of Pediatrics; Drexel University School of Medicine and Co-Chair of Philadelphia ACE Task Force
At the conclusion of this webinar, participants will be able to:
- To review the research on the associations between racism and child physical, mental, and behavioral health and development.
- To identify the various models that help explain both the role of racism in children's health, and how a psychosocial stressor such as racism might “get under the skin” to contribute to poor health outcomes as well as racial and ethnic health disparities throughout the life course.
- To discuss how professionals can help mitigate the effects of racial discrimination on child health and development.
- To identify directions for future research on racism and child health.
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