AAP Voices is the official blog of the American Academy of Pediatrics, where AAP member pediatricians and others share their perspectives on a wide variety of topics relating to children's health and wellness.
Below are a collection of blog entries related to climate change and the impact on children's health. A brief description of each author is included below the title of the blog entry.
Climate Education and Advocacy Go Hand in Hand
About the Author: Charles (Chase) Moon, MD is the 2023-2024 Chief Resident for the Social Pediatrics Residency Program at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore in the Bronx, NY and a primary care pediatrician at the Comprehensive Health Care Center, a federally qualified health center in the South Bronx. He is a member of the AAP Council on Environmental Health and Climate Change and works on climate education and advocacy in New York State with New York Clinicians for Climate Action and other partners.
Climate Change: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic
About the Author: Aparna Bole, MD, FAAP, is Medical Director of Community Integration at UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital and an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, OH.
Safe Water for Families
About the Author: Gredia Huerta-Montañez, MD, FAAP, is Vice President of the Puerto Rico Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (for which she Chairs the Environmental Health Committee and is the Champion for Early Childhood and Climate Change).
Wildfire Smoke a Growing Threat to Vulnerable Children
About the Author: Amanda Millstein, MD, FAAP, is a primary care pediatrician at UBCP Hilltop Pediatrics in Richmond, CA. She is a co-founder of Climate Health Now and a co-chair of AAP California Chapter One’s Committee on Climate Change and Health.
David's Arthritis: A Climate Story
About the Author: Gabriel Cisneros, MD, FAAP, is Co-Chair of the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics Advocacy Committee. He is a general pediatrician with UPMC Children’s Community Pediatrics, Bass Wolfson in Pittsburgh, and Medical Director of Children’s Express Care Lawrenceville.
Using Tools We Have to Ensure a Healthy Environment for Children
About the Author: Aparna Bole, MD, FAAP, is Medical Director of Community Integration at UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital and an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, OH.
Time to Step Up Efforts to Protect Children from Climate Change
About the Author: Jerome A. Paulson, MD, FAAP, is Director of the AAP Climate Change Program and past Chair of the academy’s Council on Environmental Health.
Why Do Pediatricians Care About Climate Change?
About the Author: Samantha Ahdoot, MD, FAAP, is the lead author of the American Academy of Pediatric's Policy Statement on Global Climate Change and Children's Health, which was updated on Oct. 26, 2015, and an accompanying Technical Report.
Last Updated
03/20/2024
Source
American Academy of Pediatrics