Community Advocacy

Advocacy Issues

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  Community Pediatrics Grants Database

  Community advocacy includes creating programs and services, developing collaborations and partnerships, and changing public policies, laws, and practices to improve children’s health. Use the Community Pediatrics Grants Database to find out what others have been doing in their communities. You can search projects funded through several programs including CATCH, Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children Program, Healthy People Chapter Grants and the Community Pediatrics Training Initiatives. Search by target population, health topic, state, project activity, AAP program, project year and more.

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  CATCH

  Grants Database

  Healthy Tomorrows

  Community Pediatrics Training Initiative
  

   

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  Building Effective Partnerships

  Partnerships are an important component of community advocacy efforts. Partners can enhance community engagement in projects, increase community awareness of the issues being addressed and establish a framework for the continued support of services that support child health in communities.

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  ​Try these AAP-created partnership building tools:

  Advocacy Training Module – Working in Partnerships
  
  Opportunities to Get Engaged in Partnerships in As Little as 5 minutes or More
  
  Forming and Maintaining Effective CATCH Partnerships
  

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  Obesity Advocacy at the Community Level

  Where children live, play and go to school, also known as their food and fitness environment, is an important component in determining whether they end up healthy or not. When children do not have access to a healthy environment, their health and quality of life are impaired. When we improve the food and fitness environment, the health of the children who live in that environment improves as well.

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  Pediatricians and families can play a role in creating environments that support active healthy living.​
  

  Obesity Advocacy Opportunities

  Schools, Childcare, and Before and After School Programs

  Food and Physical Activity Environments

  Health Equity