Resource Type: Policy Statement
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Principles for Anti-Racist Policymaking
This resource outlines principles to guide policymakers and advocates in developing anti-racist policy.
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What We Owe Young Children: An Anti-Racist Policy Platform for Early Childhood
This policy resource includes recommendations for an anti-racist early childhood policy platform.
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Early Childhood Caries in Indigenous Communities
This policy statement offers recommendations for primary health care practitioners to provide preventive and clinical oral health care to Indigenous infants, toddlers, children, and pregnant women.
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Eliminating Race-Based Medicine
This policy statement explores the elimination of race-based medicine as part of a broader commitment to dismantling the structural and systemic inequities that lead to racial health disparities.
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Incorporating Recognition and Management of Perinatal Depression Into Pediatric Practice
This policy statement and technical report focus on the role of the pediatric primary care physician in identifying postpartum depression and referring the mother-infant dyad for treatment.
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2021 Recommendations for Preventive Pediatric Health Care
This policy statement outlines the 2021 recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics and Bright Futures for preventive pediatric health care screenings and assessments at each well-child visit from infancy through adolescence.
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The Pediatrician’s Role in Optimizing School Readiness
This policy statement outlines the role of the pediatrician in promoting school readiness.
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Early Childhood Home Visiting
This policy statement includes home visiting recommendations for community pediatricians and outlines national priorities to improve the health and safety of children, families, and communities.
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