'The AAP condemns violence, especially when perpetrated by authorities, and calls for a deep examination of how to improve the role of policing,' the American Academy of Pediatrics wrote on Twitter. 'Systemic violence requires systemic response.'
Officials in the largest county in Ohio say racism is a public health crisisThe American Academy of Pediatrics posted to Twitter on Sunday night that"racism is a public health issue," and the tweet linked to the AAP's 2019 policy statement about the impact of racism on child and adolescent health."The AAP condemns violence, especially when perpetrated by authorities, and calls for a deep examination of how to improve the role of policing," the academy tweeted.
"By identifying discrimination and hate crimes as public health issues, the ACP not only acknowledges the impact these factors have on our patients but also our role and responsibility to address them as part of our professional dedication to the health of our patients and the public," Dr. Elizabeth Samuels, an emergency physician in New Haven, Connecticut, and Providence, Rhode Island, told CNN in 2017.
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