Learn how to support and empower pediatricians and health care providers to effectively address child health needs in their communities through partnerships and advocacy and by equipping them with actionable and effective content and tools.

Community Pediatric Training Initiative

The Community Pediatrics Training Initiative (CPTI) is a national program of the AAP that aims to improve child health by strengthening community health and advocacy training in pediatric resi​​dency programs.

Community Health and Advocacy Milestones Profile (CHAMP)​

This peer-reviewed tool allows users to map community health and advocacy curricula to competencies and milestones. By doing so, program leaders can identify strengths and weaknesses in their training programs and demonstrate the value of their curricula in terms of assessment of competence towards the milestones.

Advocacy Training Modules

A series of 5 stand-alone, 45-minute sessions covering critical legislative advocacy topics, including the legislative process, working in partnerships, and advocacy communication. Each module contains a trainer's guide, PowerPoint presentation, suggested activities and handouts.

Project Planning Tool

This tool engages residents in a guided learning activity to gain the skills necessary to plan, implement and evaluate a child health advocacy project.

Last Updated

09/27/2021

Source

American Academy of Pediatrics