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Public health for paediatricians: Fifteen-minute consultation on addressing child poverty in clinical practice
  1. Guddi Singh1,2,
  2. Hannah Zhu3,
  3. C Ronny Cheung4,5
  1. 1 Department of Community Paediatrics, Mary Sheridan Centre for Child Health, Evelina London Children's Healthcare, London, UK
  2. 2 British Association for Child and Adolescent Public Health, London, UK
  3. 3 Department of Community Paediatrics, Sunshine House, Evelina London Children's Healthcare, London, UK
  4. 4 General Paediatrics, Evelina London Children's Hospital, London, UK
  5. 5 School of Life Course Sciences, King's College London, London, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr C Ronny Cheung, General Paediatrics, Evelina London Children's Hospital, London SE1 7EH, UK; ronny.cheung{at}gstt.nhs.uk

Abstract

Paediatricians and other child health professionals have a key role in identifying, preventing or mitigating the impacts of poverty on child health. Approaching a problem as vast and intractable as poverty can seem daunting. This article will outline how social determinants impact child health, and provide practical guidance on how to address this problem through a public health lens. The aim is to give frontline practitioners a straightforward, evidence-based framework and practical solutions for tackling child poverty, across three levels: (1) the clinical consultation; (2) the clinical service for the population of children and young people we serve and (3) with a broader policy and social view.

  • health services research
  • adolescent health

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https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2020-319636

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