How Focusing on Children Can Guide Us in Future Health Crises

• 2023

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This brief interview explains that children are not just small adults and need their own healthcare systems. It describes how COVID-19 showed the weaknesses in public health and community services, especially for kids. To prepare for future health crises, we should focus on improving pediatric care first. If we start by getting it right for children and families, it will benefit everyone else too. It suggests rebuilding healthcare systems with a focus on children's needs to ensure better outcomes in future pandemics or respiratory virus outbreaks.

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Focus Area: Everyday Emergency

Audiences: Nurses; Physicians; Public Health Professionals

Emergency Management Stage: Preparedness (Prevention / Protection)

Keywords: Child Health; Child Health Services; Pediatrics; Public Health; Pandemics; COVID-19

Institutions: American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

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