. ⁦⁦⁦Lee Beers⁩ Pediatric Academic Societies⁩ talking about legislator response to advocacy: “Pediatricians are among the only physicians who come to the hill to advocate for their patients and not just themselves.” #ChildHealth #Equity #PAS2022 ⁦American Academy of Pediatrics⁩ #PutKids1st

Mixed method study by Laura Plencner explores the feasibility and impact of pairing fresh produce delivery with home visitation, improving access for young families with #foodinsecurity. Exciting and innovative work! #FoodIsMedicine #PAS2022 Children's Mercy Children's Mercy Research Institute

Emily Bonanni presenting her findings re care variation in MSK infections at #PAS2022. Thrilled that our PHM Fellowships trainees have the opportunity to showcase scholarly work at an in-person conference! Children's Mercy Fellowship MattHallStats Kate Kyler, MD Jess Bettenhausen

Fantastic presentation by Kate Kyler, MD at the #PAS2022 Pediatric Pharmacology & Therapeutics session on her #pharmacoepi study of prevalence of polypharmacy in patients with documented obesity! Congrats Dr. Kyler & co-authors: James Antoon, MD, PhD, MPH Samir S. Shah Derek Williams J Feinstein @jgmanpc

Come check us out at 3:30 (poster 179- health equity track) and learn something about #genderequity in American Society of Pediatric Nephrology, while supporting my rockstar resident and future peds nephrologist Dr Bahar Barani-Najafabadi Children's Mercy #pas2022 #aspn22 Danielle Soranno The_Kidney_Dude

So exciting to see Dr. April McNeill-Johnson honored for her work! She is truly a role model for other physician advocates 👏👏👏 #PAS2022 Children's Mercy Children's Mercy Fellowship

The Children's Mercy 2022 Children’s Health Summit just kicked off with an energizing performance by the Paseo Academy choir! Looking forward to learning more about the findings of our triennial CHNA. #kidshealthkc

Child #poverty is all too common in #KC - impacts 1 in 5 Jackson County kids, 1 in 4 Wyandotte County kids. According to key informants, this is the issue with the most significant effect on child health. #kidshealthkc

No surprise here, unfortunately. We are facing a #mentalhealth emergency for our adolescent patients. #kidshealthkc

Honey bees pollinate more than 130 fruits and vegetables. Thanks to Missouri Hives, we have a beehive in our #CommunityGarden for the third year in a row! Last year, we harvested 650 pounds of produce, which is given to our patients and families, and local community partners!

Newtown, CT. Parkland, FL. Uvalde, TX. How many more communities will be devastated before there’s change? Every day, 9 children and teens are killed with firearms in the US. Every day, 9 families’ lives change forever. It’s like pleading to deaf ears. #Vote #PutKids1st

To help ensure all children are able to eat a nutritious lunch this summer, our Kids Eat Free program goes until Aug. 10. A delicious lunch is available to all children ages 1 - 18 for FREE at multiple locations. See locations and times: childrensmercy.org/kidseatfree.

Our Community Garden has provided 1,500lbs of food to families since 2018! Thanks to all our current and future partners: Missouri Extension Master Gardeners, Girls on the Run Serving Greater Kansas City, MO Hives, Kanbe's Markets, Turner Construction and UMKC Food Pantry.

We now have a beautiful shelter at our #CommunityGarden!!! A big shoutout to Turner Construction for getting this built to make our gathering space come to life! Learn more about our community garden located at the northeast corner of 22nd and Gillham Road. cmkc.link/Garden

Unfortunately, these stories of missed opportunity ring true—the Kids Eat Free #SFSP sites could have fed more hungry kids if MO had adopted policy flexibilities like other states. ⁦⁦No Kid Hungry⁩ ⁦Laura Plencner⁩ ⁦@Danielle_Cullen⁩ nbcnews.com/news/us-news/o…

Thank you! Laura Plencner and I always appreciate the opportunity to collaborate with #NoKidHungry

Pediatricians learning about advocacy at the local level 🙌 We had a great morning at City Hall…thank you Wes Rogers!

#PHMTwitter!! The AAP SOHM Advocacy Taskforce wants to know 1️⃣what advocacy means to #PedsHM 2️⃣how to support you! Quick confidential survey here: shorturl.at/jsyR0 As a thanks, participants will be entered to win one of five $25 Target giftcards! Deadline: 2/29/24