Equitably Engaging Priority Populations in Pediatric Clinical Research

Long gone are the days when we described populations as "hard to reach." Descriptions like this shift the blame to patient populations for why they have been historically excluded, overlooked, and undercounted in research. This course prioritizes the needs of the very child/youth populations that research has yet to equitably engage through shared power and committed resources:

those from underserved urban metropolitan areas,
those managing disabilities,
those who identify as LGBTQIA+, and
those who are part of the global majority (yet racially/ethnically minoritized in the U.S.).

In this course, we will review the steps involved in creating lasting and reciprocal community partnerships through your research.

An interprofessional team of pediatricians at Children's National Hospital shared their research values, needs and challenges that informed the development of this course.

This project was supported by Award Number UL1TR001876 from the NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences or the National Institutes of Health.

Target Audience

This course is designed for any pediatric health professional with an interest in applying a health equity lens to their clinical research. There are no prerequisites for this course so all students, trainees, residents, fellows, faculty, administrators, and staff are welcomed to enroll.

Learning Objectives

Describe the priority populations who have been historically excluded in clinical pediatric research;
Describe how to apply a health equity lens to pediatric research;
List meaningful ways to engage patients from priority populations during the process of clinical pediatric research; and
List meaningful ways to sustain relationships with communities of priority populations for the implementation of clinical pediatric research.

Course summary

Course opens:

07/25/2022

Course expires:

12/31/2027

In an effort to lead by example, faculty equitably engaged members of priority populations in the making of this course.

Olanrewaju Falusi, MD
Lanre O. Falusi, MD, MEd, FAAP
Medical Director of Advocacy Education, Child Health Advocacy Institute
Associate Program Director, Pediatric Residency Program | Director - Leadership in Advocacy, Under-resourced Communities and Health equity (LAUnCH) Track
Attending Physician, Children's Health Center at Columbia Heights - Goldberg Center for Community Pediatric Health
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Children's National Hospital

Nikhil Kalita
Undergraduate Student and CORE HEALTH Research Activist
GW Milken Institute School of Public Health

Bailey Moore
Undergraduate Student and CORE HEALTH Research Activist
GW Milken Institute School of Public Health

Kavita Parikh, MD
Director, Research Division of Hospital Medicine
Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
Attending Physician, Children’s National Hospital
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences

Dr. Maranda Ward
Maranda C. Ward, EdD, MPH
Assistant Professor and Emerging Scholars Fellow, Department of Clinical Research and Leadership
Preceptor, CORE HEALTH Research Lab
GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences