Academic and Research Skills
Advocacy
Career Development
Community Pediatrics
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Epidemiology
General Pediatrics
Health Equity/Social Determinants of Health
Health Services Research
Immigrant Health
Mental Health
Public Health
School and Community Health
Wellness and Well-being
Trainee
Alyna Chien, MD, MS
Associate Professor, Research Director
Division of General Pediatrics
Boston Children's Hospital / Harvard Medical Schoo
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Tumaini Coker, MD, MBA (she/her/hers)
Professor and Division Head, General Pediatrics
University of Washington School of Medicine
Seattle, Washington, United States
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (NHPI) and Filipino communities thrived prior to colonialization. Their ancestors knew how to foster healthy communities with traditional values and practices anchored in the enduring relationships between people and places. Today, cultural identity and values are essentials components of health and well-being. However, traditional biomedical and public health research approaches, even those that are community-based, often take a deficit approach to health and the potential interventions to improve it. To foster systemic and sustainable change in health outcomes for these communities, research priorities and culturally- relevant interventions must be identified by the community, research plans must be co-developed with communities, and researchers must shift to a strengths-based, rather than deficit approach in their partnerships with communities. In this panel presentation, we showcase three programs that have utilized these community-led approaches to advance health in NHPI and Filipino communities. We will learn about two community-led, NIH-funded, pediatric research experiences with NHPI and Filipino communities and an initiative for systems-level change to improve health across NHPI populations. The panel will conclude with an invitation to engage and empower communities in the co-development of research to truly advance sustainable health.
This session is sponsored by the Pediatric Policy Council, which combines the advocacy efforts of the Academic Pediatric Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, Association of Medical School Pediatric Department Chairs, American Pediatric Society, and the Society for Pediatric Research.
Speaker: Blane K. Garcia, MPH (he/him/his) – Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center
Speaker: Tumaini Rucker Coker, MD, MBA (she/her/hers) – University of Washington School of Medicine
Speaker: Alyna (LN Chien, MD, MS – Boston Children's Hospital / Harvard Medical Schoo
Speaker: Blane K. Garcia, MPH (he/him/his) – Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center
Speaker: May Okihiro, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine
Speaker: Kenny S. Ferenchak, MD, MEdT (he/him/his) – Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center
Speaker: Joyce R. Javier, MD, MPH, MS, FAAP (she/her/hers) – Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine
Speaker: Aimee M. Grace, MD, MPH, FAAP (she/her/hers) – University of Hawaii System
Speaker: Kamuela JN Enos, MA (he/him/his) – University of Hawaii System
Speaker: Kamuela JN Enos, MA (he/him/his) – University of Hawaii System
