Advocacy
Cultural safety in practice: Providing quality health care for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis children and youth
Posted: Sep 18, 2025
Committee(s): First Nations, Inuit and Métis Health Committee
Topic(s): Indigenous health, advocacy, community paediatrics, social paediatrics
Paediatric compounding and formulations in Canada: A primer for prescribers and call to action for government
Posted: May 5, 2025
Committee(s): Drug Therapy Committee
Topic(s): advocacy, health promotion, patient safety
Literacy in school-aged children: A paediatric approach to advocacy and assessment
Posted: Oct 23, 2024
Committee(s): Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Committee
Topic(s): advocacy, developmental paediatrics, literacy, learning disabilities, mental health
Evaluating and caring for children with a suspected learning disorder in community practice
Posted: Oct 1, 2024
Committee(s): Community Paediatrics Committee
Topic(s): advocacy, community paediatrics, learning disabilities
Improving cycling safety for children and youth
Posted: May 2, 2024
Committee(s): Injury Prevention Committee
Topic(s): advocacy, community paediatrics, injury prevention, healthy active living, health promotion
Access to appropriate interpretation is essential for the health of children
Posted: Jun 22, 2023
Committee(s): Caring for Kids New to Canada Task Force
Topic(s): immigrant and refugee health, advocacy
A call for action: Recommendations to improve transition to adult care for youth with complex health care needs
Posted: Apr 13, 2022
Committee(s): Adolescent Health Committee
Topic(s): advocacy, chronic diseases, health promotion, patient safety, community paediatrics
Dietary intake of sodium by children: Why it matters
Posted: Jan 30, 2020 | Reaffirmed: Jan 12, 2026
Committee(s): Nutrition and Gastroenterology Committee, Drug Therapy Committee
Topic(s): advocacy, nutrition and gastroenterology, nutrition et gastroentérologie
A proposal to increase taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages in Canada
Posted: Jan 30, 2020
Committee(s): Nutrition and Gastroenterology Committee
Topic(s): advocacy, nutrition et gastroentérologie, nutrition and gastroenterology
Pharmacare in Canada: The Paediatric Perspective
Posted: Sep 26, 2019 | Reaffirmed: Jan 12, 2026
Committee(s): Paediatric Drugs and Therapeutics Task Force
Topic(s): advocacy, drug therapy
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