Help Us Make Health Care Reform Work for Kids
Congress is currently focused on reforming our country’s health care system - and it’s up to us to make sure that health care reform takes care of children. Learn about some of the items we are working for in the health care conversation.
ASK Network Please Help Us Grow!
Too often, kids don't have a voice in the decisions that affect them and their families. Dayton Children's advocacy efforts are aimed at making sure kids' concerns are always heard when public policies are made.
If you haven’t already, join our ASK Network - Advocates Speaking for Kids today. If you are already a member, thank you! Please share this information with your friends and family so that they can help us speak for kids. Thank you for volunteering to be a voice for children in Ohio.
Legislative Update
Learn about Dayton Children's legislative priorities and how we are working with our legislators to make the best pediatric care available to all children.
Legislative Action Center
Join with us to advocate on behalf of children. Learn about current action alerts or sign up for action e-alerts at critical times. To do this, visit the Legislative Action Center.
Regional Pediatric Health Assessment
Improving the health status of children is a key component of Dayton Children's mission. To help develop meaningful strategies in this area, Dayton Children’s evaluates the status of our region’s pediatric health through an assessment conducted every three years. Click here to access this important local information.
Safe Kids Greater Dayton
The Safe Kids Greater Dayton, led by Dayton Children's, is one of more than 600 state and local coalitions formed as part of Safe Kids Worldwide. Safe Kids Worldwide is the first national organization dedicated solely to the prevention of unintentional childhood injury. Learn what Safe Kids Greater Dayton is doing to advocate on behalf of children.
Speakers Bureau
Community education is key to improving the health of our children. Our experts are available to your group, class, business or committee at no charge through our speakers bureau.
POWER
POWER (Program of Wellness Education and Resources) is a children's advocacy partnership between the Junior League of Dayton and Dayton Children's, and is sponsored by Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield. POWER provides broad community outreach of health and wellness, safety, prevention, and nutrition programs to children and families throughout the Miami Valley.
STAND
The STAND (Stopping Tobacco and Nicotine Dependency) program at Dayton Children's will help you stop using tobacco and to choose a more healthy attitude and behavior. Videos, visual aids, monitoring devices and role play makes this interactive program interesting and effective in raising your awareness of tobacco use and the ways tobacco companies get you to use their products.
Lead poisoning - Education, prevention and treatment
The Children's Health Clinic cares for pediatric patients from newborns through 17 years of age. The lead diagnostic clinic receives referrals from other agencies as well as physicians seeing children with high lead levels. Services include well-child check-ups, sick visits and diagnostic evaluations.
Making sure the community's children are safe
Dayton Children's is one of the community partners serving on Montgomery County's Child Fatality Review Board (CFRB). The purpose of the board is to fully understand how and why children die in Montgomery County in an effort to protect other children.
Advocating for children affected by abuse and neglect
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