This spotlight collection highlights works by Children's Mercy Kansas City faculty and staff focused on equity, diversity, and inclusion in pediatric healthcare.
Works from 2024
Stress of Being Underrepresented in Academic Pediatrics., Brandi K. Freeman, Zuri S C Hudson, and Tyler Smith (Article)
Racial and ethnic disparities in the co-occurrence of intellectual disability and autism: Impact of incorporating measures of adaptive functioning., Sarah M. Furnier, Ronald Gangnon, Julie L. Daniels, Susan Ellis Weismer, Cy Nadler, Karen Pazol, Nuri M. Reyes, Steven Rosenberg, Eric Rubenstein, Lisa D. Wiggins, Marshalyn Yeargin-Allsopp, and Maureen S. Durkin (Article)
Hearing the Unheard: Voices of Black Emerging Adults With Uncontrolled Asthma., Bridgette Jones and Mahesh Padukudru Anand (Editorial)
A comprehensive analysis of neuroblastoma incidence, survival, and racial and ethnic disparities from 2001 to 2019., Kevin Campbell, David A. Siegel, Puja J. Umaretiya, Shifan Dai, Andras Heczey, Philip J. Lupo, Jeremy M. Schraw, Trevor D. Thompson, Michael E. Scheurer, and Jennifer H. Foster (Article)
Works from 2023
When the Process Is the Problem: Racial/Ethnic and Language Disparities in Care Management., Priscilla G. Wang, Jack S. Rowe, Michelle Manaskie, Megan Flom, Maryann Vienneau, Christine Vogeli, Ayrenne Adams, Christian Dankers, and Amy O. Flaster (Article)
Characteristics of Patients Associated With Restraint Use at a Midwest Children's Hospital., Adrienne G. DePorre, Ingrid Larson, Vincent S. Staggs, and Cy Nadler (Article)
Culture and language coaching for bilingual residents: the first 10 years of the CHiCoS model., John Cowden, Francisco J. Martinez, Jodi J. Dickmeyer, and Denise Bratcher (Article)
A longitudinal assessment of racial and ethnic inequities in food environment exposure and retail market concentration., Qianxia Jiang, Debarchana Ghosh, Sandro Steinbach, and Kristen Cooksey Stowers (Article)
Antiracism: An Ethical Imperative., Ian Wolfe, Bryanna Moore, Lynn Bush, Angie Knackstedt, Sabrina Derrington, K Sarah Hoehn, Liza-Marie Johnson, Sarah Porter, and Amy Caruso Brown (Article)
Committing to genomic answers for all kids: Evaluating inequity in genomic research enrollment., Natalie J. Kane, Ana S A Cohen, Courtney D. Berrios, Bridgette Jones, T Pastinen, and Mark A. Hoffman (Article)
Equity and Inclusion in Pediatric Gastroenterology Telehealth: A Study of Demographic, Socioeconomic, and Digital Disparities., Edward B. Mougey, Wesley C. Judy, Rajitha D. Venkatesh, Elizabeth Berg, Jennifer A. Lee, John Rosen, B U K Li, Alex Koster, Kristin Maiden, Zhongcui Gao, and James P. Franciosi (Article)
Racial and ethnic disparities in long-term contraception use among the birthing population at an academic hospital in the Southeastern United States., Tosin Akintunde, Jeffrey Howard, Dulaney Wilson, Amartha Gore, Christine Morton, Latha Hebbar, Chris Goodier, and Myrtede C. Alfred (Article)
Assessing the Validity of the Ask Suicide-Screening Questions in Black Youth., Lisa M. Horowitz, Annabelle M. Mournet, Arielle Sheftall, Jian-Ping He, Nathan J. Lowry, Laika D. Aguinaldo, Shayla Sullivant, Elizabeth A. Wharff, Kathleen R. Merikangas, Maryland Pao, and Jeffrey A. Bridge (Article)
Common Data Element Collection in Underserved School Communities: Challenges and Recommendations., Diya M. Uthappa, Tara K. Mann, Jennifer Goldman, Jennifer E. Schuster, Jason G. Newland, William B. Anderson, Ann Dozier, Moira Inkelas, John J. Foxe, Lisa Gwynn, Christina A. Gurnett, Corinne McDaniels-Davidson, Tyler Walsh, Tremayne Watterson, Jeanne Holden-Wiltse, Jessie M. Potts, Emily M. D'Agostino, Karen Zandi, Anthony Corbett, Samantha Spallina, Gregory P. DeMuri, Yelena P. Wu, Elizabeth R. Pulgaron, Susan M. Kiene, Eyal Oren, Joshuaa D. Allison-Burbank, May Okihiro, Rebecca E. Lee, Sara B. Johnson, Tammy K. Stump, Ryan J. Coller, Dana Keener Mast, Emily E. Haroz, Steven Kemp, Daniel K. Benjamin, and Kanecia O. Zimmerman (Article)
Enhancing Curricula About Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice in Undergraduate Medical Education., Tyler Smith and Zuri Hudson (Article)
Implicit Racial Bias Attitudes and Mitigation in Neonatal Nurse Practitioners: A Quality Improvement Project., Nicole Hutcheson, Brigit Carter, John Cowden, and Barbara Turner (Article)
State Spending on Public Benefit Programs and the Differential Impact on Child Maltreatment by Race and Ethnicity, Henry T. Puls, Matthew Hall, Reiko Boyd, and Paul J. Chung
Spiritual support of transgender individuals: a literature review., Seth Sonnevile (Article)
Caring for Military-Affiliated Transgender and Gender-Diverse Youths: A Call for Protections., David A. Klein, Natasha A. Schvey, Thomas A. Baxter, Noelle S. Larson, and Christina M. Roberts (Article)
Bridging the gap: A pilot study of a lay health worker model to decrease child mental health stigma and promote parents' professional help-seeking for Black/African American children., Ayanda Chakawa (Article)
Disparities in Special Education Services for Youth With Autism Spectrum Disorder in the United States, Michelle Menezes, Jessica Pappagianopoulos, Melissa F. Robinson, Eleonora Sadikova, Robert Cross, and Micah O. Mazurek (Article)
Experiences of Racism among Black and African Children with Asthma, Esosa Adah, Rayanna Tucker, and Bridgette Jones (Poster)
Racial and ethnic disparities in childhood and young adult acute lymphocytic leukaemia: secondary analyses of eight Children's Oncology Group cohort trials., Sumit Gupta, Yunfeng Dai, Zhiguo Chen, Lena E. Winestone, David T. Teachey, Kira Bona, Richard Aplenc, Karen R. Rabin, Patrick Zweidler-McKay, Andrew J. Carroll, Nyla A. Heerema, Julie Gastier-Foster, Michael J. Borowitz, Brent L. Wood, Kelly W. Maloney, Leonard A. Mattano, Eric C. Larsen, Anne L. Angiolillo, Michael J. Burke, Wanda L. Salzer, Stuart S. Winter, Patrick A. Brown, Erin M. Guest, Kimberley P. Dunsmore, John A. Kairalla, Naomi J. Winick, William L. Carroll, Elizabeth A. Raetz, Stephen P. Hunger, Mignon L. Loh, and Meenakshi Devidas (Article)
Two generations thrive: Bidirectional collaboration among researchers, practitioners, and parents to promote culturally responsive trauma research, practice, and policy., Briana Woods-Jaeger, Lauren Kleven, Chris Sexton, Donna M. O'Malley, Bridget Cho, Sosha Bronston, Kori McGowan, and Debbie Starr (Article)
APSA Members experience bias and discrimination in training and practice., Jack Vernamonti, Kanika Bowen-Jallow, Anghela Paredes, Hannah Cockrell, Zach Morrison, Carlos T. Huerta, Alejandro Garcia, Teerin T. Meckmongkol, Tolulope A. Oyetunji MD MPH, Carmen T. Ramos-Irizarry, Jose Diaz-Miron, Sabina Siddiqui, Irving Zamora, Anthony Stallion, Kathryn Martin, Cynthia Reyes, and Erika A. Newman (Article)
Diversity and demographics of APSA members: Understanding our identity., Jack Vernamonti, Kanika Bowen-Jallow, Anghela Paredes, Hannah Cockrell, Zach Morrison, Carlos T. Huerta, Alejandro Garcia, Teerin T. Meckmongkol, Tolulope A. Oyetunji MD MPH, Carmen T. Ramos-Irizarry, Jose Diaz-Miron, Sabina Siddiqui, Irving Zamora, Anthony Stallion, Kathryn L. Martin, Cynthia Reyes, and Erika A. Newman (Article)
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: A Decade of Progress?, Bridgette Jones, Melody C. Carter, Carla M. Davis, and Julie Wang (Article)
"I'm a transgender man… I have to quit smoking for treatment and surgery": Describing the experience of a Latino transgender man during his attempt to quit smoking., Francisco Cartujano-Barrera, Lisa Sanderson Cox, Delwyn Catley, Zainab Shah, Ash B. Alpert, and Ana Paula Cupertino (Article)
More than Mere Child’s Play: Youth Activism, Ephebic Appeals, and Environmental Communication, Christopher Thomas (Article)
Works from 2022
Gender dysphoria in adolescents with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome., Jordan T. Jones, William R. Black, Christine Moser, Eric T. Rush, and Lindsey Malloy-Walton (Article)
Association of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Analogue Use With Subsequent Use of Gender-Affirming Hormones Among Transgender Adolescents., Andrea L. Nos, David A. Klein, Terry A. Adirim, Natasha A. Schvey, Elizabeth Hisle-Gorman, Apryl Susi, and Christina M. Roberts (Article)
Historic racism in Kansas City affects Today's pediatric asthma burden., Elizabeth Friedman, Brian R. Lee, Casey Kalman, and Neal Wilson (Article)
Investigating Health Disparities Associated With Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children After SARS-CoV-2 Infection., Laura D. Zambrano, Kathleen N. Ly, Ruth Link-Gelles, Margaret M. Newhams, Manzilat Akande, Michael J. Wu, Leora R. Feldstein, Keiko M. Tarquinio, Leila C. Sahni, Becky J. Riggs, Aalok R. Singh, Julie C. Fitzgerald, Jennifer E. Schuster, John S. Giuliano, Janet A. Englund, Janet R. Hume, Mark W. Hall, Christina M. Osborne, Sule Doymaz, Courtney M. Rowan, Christopher J. Babbitt, Katharine N. Clouser, Steven M. Horwitz, Janet Chou, Manish M. Patel, Charlotte Hobbs, Adrienne G. Randolph, Angela P. Campbell, and Overcoming COVID-19 Investigators (Article)
Responding to a call to action for health equity curriculum development in pediatric graduate medical education: Design, implementation and early results of Leaders in Health Equity (LHE)., Raquel G. Hernandez, Darcy A. Thompson, and John Cowden (Article)
Gender diversity in adolescents with polycystic ovary syndrome., Cintya Schweisberger, Laurie L. Hornberger, Romina Barral, Charles Burke, Emily Paprocki, Ashley K. Sherman, Heidi Vanden Brink, and Tania S. Burgert (Article)
Improving HPV Vaccination Rates in a Racially and Ethnically Diverse Pediatric Population., Joanne E. Cox, Laura M. Bogart, Marc N. Elliott, Amy J. Starmer, Patricia Meleedy-Rey, Kathy Goggin, Taruna Banerjee, Ronald C. Samuels, Phillip D. Hahn, Alexandra Epee-Bounya, Sophie Allende-Richter, Chong-Min Fu, and Mark A. Schuster (Article)
Continuation of Gender-affirming Hormones Among Transgender Adolescents and Adults., Christina M. Roberts, David A. Klein, Terry A. Adirim, Natasha A. Schvey, and Elizabeth Hisle-Gorman (Article)
Persistence of Transgender Gender Identity Among Children and Adolescents., Christina Roberts (Editorial)
The Association Between Problem Recognition, Race/Ethnicity, and Professional Help-Seeking Intentions Across Psychological Disorders, Ayanda Chakawa and Steven K. Shapiro (Article)
Let Me Spell It Out: The Impact of Microaggression on the Health Care Professional., Purnima Valdez, Salathiel Kendrick-Allwood, Traci S. Williams, Adiaha Spinks-Franklin, and Sarah S. Nyp (Article)
Psychological predictors of family-based behavioral treatment response in a diverse sample of youth with obesity, Mirae Fornander, Carolyn R. Bates, Sarah Hampl, Amy R. Beck, and Meredith L. Dreyer Gillette (Article)
The relationship between structural racism and COVID-19 related health disparities across 10 metropolitan cities in the United States., Aarya Ramprasad, Fahad Qureshi, Brian R. Lee, and Bridgette Jones (Article)
Weight Status, Medication Use, and Recreational Activities of Treatment-Naïve Transgender Youth., Mirae J. Fornander, Timothy A. Roberts, Anna Egan, and Christine Moser (Article)
The Racial and Ethnic Makeup of the Asthma Clinical Trials informing the 2020 NHLBI asthma guidelines update, Esosa Adah (Oral Presentation)
A Mixed-Methods Examination of Transgender Youth Desistence, Mirae J. Fornander (Oral Presentation)
Self-Reported Sexual Behavior in A Pediatric Gender Clinic Sample, Mirae J. Fornander (Oral Presentation)
Improving adolescent sexual and mental health care access through community outreach, Anna Bitely (Poster Presentation)
Characteristics Of Hospitalized Children Associated With Restraint Use At A Free-Standing Children’s Hospital, Adrienne DePorre, Vincent S. Staggs, Ingrid Larson, Ashley Daly, and Cy Nadler
PrEP patient attitudes, beliefs and perceived barriers surrounding HPV vaccination: a qualitative study of semistructured interviews with PrEP patients in primary care clinics in Kansas and Missouri., Zoe C Sullivan-Blum, Margaret Brophy, Ryan Didde, Radha Nagireddy, Hannah Swagerty, Sumiko Weir, Kevin J. Sykes, Craig Dietz, Marcus Alt, Megha Ramaswamy, and Paul Rotert (Article)
"Redlining" to "Hot Spots": The Impacts of a Continued Legacy of Structural and Institutional Racism and Bias on Asthma in Children., Bridgette Jones, Mark A. Hoffman, and Natalie Kane (Editorial)
Self-Reported Sexual Behavior in A Pediatric Gender Clinic Sample, Mirae J. Fornander, Anna Egan, and Christine Moser (Poster)
Using Everyday Ethics to Address Bias and Racism in Clinical Care., Shika Kalevor, Melissa Kurtz Uveges, and Elaine C. Meyer (Article)
Addressing Structural Racism Is Critical for Ameliorating the Childhood Obesity Epidemic in Black Youth., Eleanor R. Mackey, E Thomaseo Burton, Adelle Cadieux, Elizabeth Getzoff, Melissa Santos, Wendy Ward, and Amy R. Beck (Article)
Cultural Health Beliefs and Practices Among Hispanic Parents., Alison L. Fowler, Megan E. Mann, Francisco J. Martinez, Hung-Wen Yeh, and John Cowden (Article)
Racial and ethnic differences in pediatric unintentional injuries requiring hospitalization, Kristyn Jeffries, Henry T. Puls, Matthew Hall, Jessica L. Bettenhausen, Jessica L. Markham, David C. Synhorst, and Denise Dowd (Article)
Revealing the racial and spatial disparity in pediatric asthma: A Kansas City case study., Natalie Kane (Article)
Works from 2021
Racial and Social Impacts of Diabetes Mellitus: An Autobiographical Case Report., Tyler Smith (Article)
Grappling With Racial Health Inequity in Pediatric Cardiology., Bianca Cherestal, John Lantos, and Tamorah R. Lewis (Article)
Reimagining Bioethics Curricula: Centering Antiracism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Shika Kalevor, Marie-Laura Allirajah, Isabella Hernandez, and Phoebe Ozuah (Presentation)
Promoting Culture Change Within Organizations., Bridgette Jones, Catherine Cheng, Lisa M. Foglia, Hope Ricciotti, and Wendi Willis El-Amin (Article)
Mental Healthcare Utilization of Transgender Youth Before and After Affirming Treatment., Elizabeth Hisle-Gorman, Natasha A. Schvey, Terry A. Adirim, Anna K. Rayne, Apryl Susi, Timothy A. Roberts, and David A. Klein (Article)
Racism as an Adverse Childhood Experience: An Interactive Workshop to Train Pediatricians to Address Racism in Clinical Care., Irene M. Loe, Tanya E. Froehlich, Hanein H. Edrees, Adiaha Spinks-Franklin, and R.A.C.E. C.A.R.D. Collaborative (Article)
Attitudes of Pediatric Residents in the Care of Transgender Youth, Michelle Knoll (Poster Presentation)
Transgender Identity Among Adolescents with PCOS, Cintya Schweisberger (Poster Presentation)
BMI and Associated Variables in A Pediatric Gender Clinic Sample, Mirae J. Fornander, Christine Moser, Anna Egan, and Timothy A. Roberts (Presentation)
Gender Dysphoria, General Well-Being, BMI, and Weight-Related Behaviors among Adolescent Transgender Males, Timothy A. Roberts, Anna Egan, Mirae J. Fornander, Christine Moser, and Michaela Voss (Poster)
Oxandrolone Use in Trans-Masculine Youth Appears to Increase Adult Height: Preliminary Evidence., Frances W. Grimstad, Michelle Knoll, and Jill Jacobson (Article)
Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Studies Funded Under the Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act., Susan M. Abdel-Rahman, Ian M. Paul, Chi Hornik, Janice E. Sullivan, Kelly Wade, Paula Delmore, Gaurav Sharma, Daniel K. Benjamin, and Kanecia O. Zimmerman (Article)
Spanish-speaking families’ perspectives on the acceptability and impact of culture and language coaching for bilingual residents, Ryan Northup, Francisco Martinez, and Jeffrey D. Colvin (Poster)
Where are they now? Spanish utilization and career direction of graduates of a pediatric bilingual continuity clinic, Jodi Dickmeyer, Katie McAnany, Sarah Stone, and John Cowden (Poster)
The Loud Silence of Racism: It is Killing Us All., Bridgette Jones (Editorial)
Works from 2020
Variability in Collection and Use of Race/Ethnicity and Language Data in 93 Pediatric Hospitals., John Cowden, Gabriela Flores, Tiffany Chow, Patricia Rodriguez, Tracy Chamblee, Megan Mackey, Anne Lyren, and Michael F. Gutzeit (Article)
Inaction Is Not an Option: Using Antiracism Approaches to Address Health Inequities and Racism and Respond to Current Challenges Affecting Youth., Maria Veronica Svetaz, Romina Barral, Michele A. Kelley, Tina Simpson, Vinny Chulani, Marissa Raymond-Flesch, Tamera Coyne-Beasley, Maria Trent, Kenneth Ginsburg, and Nuray Kanbur (Response or Comment)
Hierarchical and Mediation Analysis of Disparities in Very Short Sleep among Sexual Minority Youth in the U.S., 2015., Hongying Dai, David G. Ingram MD, and Jane B. Taylor (Article)
How to make Healthcare Anti-Racist, Tamorah R. Lewis MD PhD (Article)
Bilingual and Bicultural Research Teams: Unpacking the Complexities., Maya I I. Ragavan and John Cowden (Article)
Gender of presenters at orthopaedic meetings reflects gender diversity of society membership., Caroline Tougas, Rosa Valtanen, Arpun Bajwa, and Jennifer J. Beck (Article)
Long-term Puberty Suppression for a Nonbinary Teenager., Ken C. Pang, Lauren Notini, Rosalind McDougall, Lynn Gillam, Julian Savulescu, Dominic Wilkinson, Beth A. Clark, Johanna Olson-Kennedy, Michelle M. Telfer, and John Lantos (Article)
Increasing Resident Racial and Ethnic Diversity through Targeted Recruitment Efforts., Tamorah R. Lewis MD PhD, Jaszianne Tolbert, and Bridgette L. Jones (Editorial)
Works from 2019
Chronic stress exposure among young African American children with asthma: Racism is a factor., Bridgette Jones, Vincent S. Staggs, and Brianna Woods-Jaeger (Letter to the Editor)
From Suffrage to the Senate: Expanding Inclusion in Women's Rights to Achieve Women's Health Equality., Frances Grimstad (Article)
The Burden of Having Ears That Can Hear, Tamorah R. Lewis MD PhD (Article)
Imaging Findings in Transgender Patients after Gender-affirming Surgery., Justin T. Stowell, Frances W. Grimstad, Daniel L. Kirkpatrick, Elizabeth R. Brown, Richard A. Santucci, Curtis Crane, Amy K. Patel, Jordana Phillips, Marina A. Ferreira, Felipe R. Ferreira, Aroldo H. Ban, Ronaldo H. Baroni, Carol C. Wu, Kimberly A. Swan, Stephanie A. Scott, and Kelli J. Andresen (Article)
Affirming, Balanced, and Comprehensive Care for Transgender Teenagers., Scott F. Leibowitz and John Lantos (Response or Comment)
Racial/Ethnic Demographics of Participants in Clinical trials of Biologics Used for Asthma, Susamita Kesh (Poster Presentation)
Associations between weight perception, weight management behavior, and suicidal behaviors among gender diverse youth, Jon Poquiz (Poster Presentation)
Sleep Deprivation and Chronic Health Conditions Among Sexual Minority Adults., Hongying Dai and Jianqiang Hao (Article)
Transgender Children and Adolescents Receiving Care in the US Military Health Care System., David A. Klein, Timothy A. Roberts, Terry A. Adirim, Corinne A. Landis, Apryl Susi, Natasha A. Schvey, and Elizabeth Hisle-Gorman (Article)
Transgender Dependent Adolescents in the U.S. Military Health Care System: Demographics, Treatments Sought, and Health Care Service Utilization., Nela Van Donge, Natasha A. Schvey, Timothy A. Roberts, and David A. Klein (Article)
Serving the Needs of Transgender and Gender-Diverse Persons in Radiology., Justin T. Stowell, Frances W. Grimstad, Daniel L. Kirkpatrick, Liz R. Brown, and Efren J. Flores (Article)
When Only Family Is Available to Interpret., Jessica Turnbull, Joshua Arenth, Kate Payne, John Lantos, and Joseph Fanning (Article)
Works from 2018
Fertility Preservation for a Transgender Teenager., Leena Nahata, Lisa T. Campo-Engelstein, Amy Tishelman, Gwendolyn P. Quinn, and John Lantos (Article)
Works from 2017
A Parent Reveals the Biases That she Faced to get Care for her Daughter., Sosha Chaney and John D. Lantos (Article)
If We Would Only Ask: How Henrietta Lacks Continues to Teach Us About Perceptions of Research and Genetic Research Among African Americans Today., Bridgette Jones, Carrie A. Vyhlidal, Andrea Bradley-Ewing, Ashley K. Sherman, and Kathy Goggin (Article)
Tobacco Product Use Among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Adolescents., Hongying Dai (Article)
Works from 2016
Proceedings of the Working Group Session on Fertility Preservation for Individuals with Gender and Sex Diversity., Courtney Finlayson, Emilie K. Johnson, Diane Chen, Elizabeth Dabrowski, Yasmin Gosiengfiao, Lisa Campo-Engelstein, Ilina Rosoklija, Jill Jacobson, Margarett Shnorhavorian, Mary Ellen Pavone, Molly B. Moravek, Herbert J. Bonifacio, Lisa Simons, Janella Hudson, Patricia Y. Fechner, Veronica Gomez-Lobo, Rachel Kadakia, Angela Shurba, Erin Rowell, and Teresa K. Woodruff (Article)
The Relationship between Emotion Regulation, Social Support, and Alcohol-Related Problems among Racially Diverse Adolescents., Briana A. Woods-Jaeger, Richard H. Nobles, Linnea Warren, and Mary E. Larimer (Article)
Works from 2015
When a Family Requests a White Doctor., Kimberly L Reynolds, John D Cowden, Jeffrey P Brosco, and John D Lantos (Article)
Works from 2012
Getting past getting by: training culturally and linguistically competent bilingual physicians., John Cowden, Darcy A. Thompson, Jennifer Ellzey, and Michael Artman (Editorial)
