MIAAP Equity Agenda
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Resources
Introduction
The Michigan Chapter American Academy of Pediatrics adopts the National AAP’s Equity Agenda, believing that all systems of care should seek to promote and achieve health equity for all children. The AAP Equity Agenda guides the Academy’s efforts to achieve health equity and actualize our goals to become an equitable, diverse, and inclusive organization. These efforts include promoting a diverse Academy membership, leadership, and pediatric workforce; applying an equity lens to Academy policy, advocacy, and education; and equipping AAP members with the capacity to foster equity in their practices, institutions, and communities. The AAP Equity Agenda sets forth explicit and intentional action to support the Academy’s commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) and ensures this action permeates all aspects of the Academy’s functioning.
The Michigan Chapter American Academy of Pediatrics commits to providing annualized opportunities for Chapter staff, leadership, committee members and general members to engage in implicit bias and health disparities education with the broad goal of improving health outcomes for all children.
As the AAP has outlined, the MIAAP will also be guided by the following principles to advance our goal to eliminate health inequities and disparities and promote equity in child and adolescent health care; these principles will inform Chapter advocacy and programming initiatives:
All children and adolescents have equitable health care within a medical home that includes primary care, subspecialty services, emergency medical services, and hospital care.
Child and adolescent health care professionals shall address the social, behavioral, and environmental factors that affect children’s health, development, and achievement.
Child and adolescent health care professionals deliver care in a culturally and linguistically effective manner that addresses the unique needs of each child and family.
Child and adolescent health care professionals deliver care based on the best available and current evidence.
Child health care professionals advocate for the identification and elimination of racist policies and the inequities that contribute to racial disparities and impede equity.
Child and adolescent health care is delivered using language that the patient and family prefer.
Child and adolescent health care delivery settings are welcoming and reflect the diversity of their patients.
Child health professionals receive training on delivering culturally and linguistically effective care.
The child health care workforce is diverse and reflective of the child population.
Child and adolescent health care services are evaluated using data stratified by insurance status, race and ethnicity, language, socioeconomic status, gender, gender identity, religion, disability, and sexual orientation.