Our Office

The Office of Child Health Equity (OCHE) strives to transform the Department of Pediatrics into a force for equity and justice for mothers, children and families. In doing so, it provides a unique roadmap, articulating how to advance a comprehensive pediatric commitment to new models of impact beyond the clinic and hospital walls. 

The Health Equity Alliance unifies the Stanford Department of Pediatrics into a force for equity and justice action for children and families who are most at risk for adverse health and educational outcomes.

 

Our Objectives

The Office of Child Health Equity seeks to provide a strong academic base for advocacy activities to ensure that all efficacious health and social services are provided to all children in need.

Advocacy requires more than good will; it requires both a base of knowledge derived from analytic insight and technical expertise in advocacy, which must be learned through directed educational experiences. The OCHE recognizes the proper role of such activities within a university setting. Specifically, our objectives are:

Community Engagement

To strengthen community partnerships and service activities that advance community-identified needs

Policy-Relevant Research

To conduct rigorous research to advance evidence on the reduction of child health disparities

Education

To provide community engagement and advocacy training to pediatric residents and medical students

Announcements & News

Publications Spotlight

HSR Health Services Research

Current state assessment of food insecurity screening at Stanford Medicine Childrens Health: Lessons learned

Samantha Kling, Rachel Siden, Alexandria Blacker, Cati G. Brown–Johnson, Nymisha Chilukuri, Janine Bruce, Nadia Safaeinili, Jonathan G. Shaw, Ndidi Unaka, Grace M. Lee

Journal of School Health

Understanding Free or Reduced-Price School Meal Stigma: A Qualitative Analysis of Parent Perspectives

Leah Elizabeth Chapman, Wendi Gosliner, Marlene B. Schwartz, Monica Daniela Zuercher, Lorrene D. Ritchie, Dania Orta-Aleman, Christina E. Hecht, Kenneth Hecht, Michele Polacsek, Anisha I. Patel, Punam Ohri-Vachaspati, Margaret Read, Deborah A. Olarte, Juliana F. W. Cohen

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Diapers at the Doctor: Addressing Diaper Need in a Pediatric Clinic

Max Lee, Janine S. Bruce, DrPH, Shada Sinclair,, Nicola Gerbino, Vanessa Baker-Simon, Elena Vinton, Samhita Kadiyala, Gaby Escobar, Lisa J. Chamberlain, Baraka Floyd