Pediatric Hospital Medicine and Global Health: A Fitting Niche for an Emerging Subspecialty

As North American hospitals serve increasingly diverse patient populations, including recent immigrants, refugees, and returned travelers, all pediatric hospitalists (PHs) require foundational competency in global health, and a subset of PHs are carving out niches focused in global health. Pediatric...

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Published in:The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2021-09, Vol.105 (5), p.1152-1154
Main Authors: Haq, Heather, Rule, Amy R L, Coria, Alexandra, Thahane, Lineo K, Duperval, Regina M, Barnes, Adelaide, Condurache, Tania, Ferrer, Kathy, Shenoy, Michelle J, Mendoza, Joanne, Russ, Christiana M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Child
Child, Preschool
Culturally Competent Care - standards
Evidence-Based Practice - standards
Female
Global Health - standards
Hospital Medicine - standards
Hospitalists
Hospitals, Pediatric - standards
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
International Cooperation
Low income groups
Male
Pediatrics
Pediatrics - standards
Piece
Practice Guidelines as Topic
World Health Organization
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Summary:As North American hospitals serve increasingly diverse patient populations, including recent immigrants, refugees, and returned travelers, all pediatric hospitalists (PHs) require foundational competency in global health, and a subset of PHs are carving out niches focused in global health. Pediatric hospitalists are uniquely positioned to collaborate with low- and middle-income country clinicians and child health advocates to improve the health of hospitalized children worldwide. Using the 2018 WHO standards for improving the quality of care for children and adolescents worldwide, we describe how PHs' skills align closely with what the WHO and others have identified as essential elements to bring high-quality, sustainable care to children in low- and middle-income countries. Furthermore, North American global health hospitalists bring home expertise that reciprocally benefits their home institutions.
ISSN:0002-9637
1476-1645
DOI:10.4269/ajtmh.20-1201