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Building optimal health identities for teens | Deena Chisolm | TEDxKingLincolnBronzeville

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Channel: TEDx Talks · 2018 · Nonprofits & Activism

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Learning how to manage your own health is a key part of the transition from adolescence to adulthood. For teens with chronic illnesses and those facing financial, emotional, environmental and racial stresses, this process can be particularly challenging. In this talk, Dr. Deena Chisolm, a researcher at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, shares her experiences as a teen coping with chronic asthma and offers thoughts on how the health system, the education system, communities, and families can build health literacy and smooth the transition process, helping teens to reach their optimal health potential as adults and enhancing health equity in our society. Deena J. Chisolm, PhD is an internationally recognized health services researcher studying health and healthcare outcomes for at-risk adolescents and families. She is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Public Health at The Ohio State University and Director of the Center for Population Health and Equity Research in The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Dr. Chisolm’s research creates evidence on how health systems can engage with communities to reduce health inequities experienced by minority and socioeconomically under-resourced populations. Her work has been funded by National Institutes on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institute on Child Health and Human Development, National Institute on Drug Abuse and several other state, national, and foundation sources. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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