Antonia Coello Novello is a Puerto Rican physician and public health administrator. She was a vice admiral in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and served as 14th Surgeon General of the United States from 1990 to 1993. Novello was the first woman and first Hispanic to serve as Surgeon General. Novello also served as Commissioner of Health for the State of New York from 1999 to 2006. Novello has received numerous awards including more than fifty honorary degrees,was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2000,and has been inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame. Her memoir,Duty Calls:Lessons Learned from an Unexpected Life of Service,was published in 2024.
Nicholas Valentino Lampson is an American politician and restaurateur who is a former Democratic Congressman representing the 22nd Congressional District and the 9th Congressional District of Texas.
A form of child abuse,child neglect is an act of caregivers that results in depriving a child of their basic needs,such as the failure to provide adequate supervision,health care,clothing,or housing,as well as other physical,emotional,social,educational,and safety needs. All societies have established that there are necessary behaviours a caregiver must provide for a child to develop physically,socially,and emotionally. Causes of neglect may result from several parenting problems including mental disorders,unplanned pregnancy,substance use disorder,unemployment,over employment,domestic violence,and,in special cases,poverty.
Columba Bush is a Mexican-American philanthropist. As the wife of former Florida Governor Jeb Bush,she served as the First Lady of Florida from 1999 to 2007.
The United States Children's Bureau is a federal agency founded in 1912,organized under the United States Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families. Today,the bureau's operations involve improving child abuse prevention,foster care,and adoption. Historically,its work was much broader,as shown by the 1912 act which created and funded it:
The said bureau shall investigate and report to [the Department of Commerce and Labor] upon all matters pertaining to the welfare of children and child life among all classes of our people,and shall especially investigate the questions of infant mortality,the birth-rate,orphanage,juvenile courts,desertion,dangerous occupations,accidents and diseases of children,employment,legislation affecting children in the several states and territories.
Child abuse is physical,sexual,emotional and/or psychological maltreatment or neglect of a child,especially by a parent or a caregiver. Child abuse may include any act or failure to act by a parent or a caregiver that results in actual or potential wrongful harm to a child and can occur in a child's home,or in organizations,schools,or communities the child interacts with.
Regina Marcia Benjamin is an American physician and a former vice admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps who served as the 18th Surgeon General of the United States. Benjamin previously directed a nonprofit primary care medical clinic in Bayou La Batre,Alabama,and served on the board of trustees for the Morehouse School of Medicine.
Susan Orr headed the United States Children's Bureau,a federal agency organized under the United States Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families,Administration for Children and Families,as Associate Commissioner.
MEDICC is a non-profit organization founded in 1997 that works to enhance cooperation among the US,Cuban and global health communities through its programs.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) is a principal department of state of Michigan,headquartered in Lansing,that provides public assistance,child and family welfare services,and oversees health policy and management.
Helen Rodríguez Trías was an American pediatrician,educator and women's rights activist. She was the first Latina president of the American Public Health Association (APHA),a founding member of the Women's Caucus of the APHA,and a recipient of the Presidential Citizens Medal. She is credited with helping to expand the range of public health services for women and children in minority and low-income populations around the world.
Marilyn Hughes Gaston is a physician and researcher. She was the first black woman to direct the Bureau of Primary Health Care in the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration. She is most famous for her work studying sickle cell disease (SCD).
Susan Jane Blumenthal is an American physician,global health expert,psychiatrist and public health advocate. With more than two decades of service as a senior government health leader in the administrations of four U.S. presidents,Blumenthal served as the first Deputy Assistant Secretary for Women's Health and director of the Office on Women's Health within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS),as well as Assistant Surgeon General of the United States and senior global health advisor within the HHS. She also was a research branch chief at the National Institutes of Health (NIH),and the chair of the NIH Health and Behavior Coordinating Committee. As of 2016,she has served as the senior medical and policy advisor at amfAR,The Foundation for AIDS Research,a senior fellow in health policy at New America,and a clinical professor at Tufts and Georgetown Schools of Medicine. Blumenthal is the Public Health Editor of the Huffington Post. She is married to United States Senator Ed Markey.
Nadine Burke Harris is a Canadian-American pediatrician who was the Surgeon General of California between 2019 and 2022;she is the first person appointed to that position. She is known for linking adverse childhood experiences and toxic stress with harmful effects to health later in life. Hailed as a pioneer in the treatment of toxic stress,she is an advisory council member for the Clinton Foundation's "Too Small to Fail" campaign,and the founder and former chief executive officer of the Center for Youth Wellness. Her work was also featured in Paul Tough's book How Children Succeed.
Hendrika Bestebreurtje Cantwell is a German-born American retired physician,professor emerita of pediatrics at the University of Colorado Denver,advocate for abused and neglected children,and parenting educator. She was one of the first physicians in the United States to work for a child protection agency,serving with the Denver Department of Social Services from 1975 to 1989. Her work there brought her in contact with an estimated 30,000 cases of suspected child abuse and she testified as an expert witness in thousands of court cases. An author of peer-reviewed journal articles,book chapters,and teaching manuals on the detection and treatment of child abuse,she has also conducted workshops and training programs for professionals throughout Colorado. She was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame in 1990.
Miriam Rossi was emeritus professor of pediatrics at the University of Toronto,and a pediatrician in the division of Adolescent Medicine at the Hospital for Sick Children. She was Associate Dean of Student Affairs &Admissions at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Medicine for 13 years. Rossi is best known for her contributions to diversity and health equity in undergraduate medical education.
Patrice Harris is an American psychiatrist and the first African-American woman to be elected president of the American Medical Association. She was elected the 174th president in June 2019.
Sterilization of Latinas has been practiced in the United States on women of different Latin American identities,including those from Puerto Rico and Mexico. There is a significant history of such sterilization practices being conducted involuntarily,in a coerced or forced manner,as well as in more subtle forms such as that of constrained choice. Forced sterilization was permissible by multiple states throughout various periods in the 20th century. Issues of state sterilization have persisted as recently as September 2020. Some sources credit the practice to theories of racial eugenics.
Prasanna Nair is an Indian-born doctor working in the United States. She works in primary health care with a specialty in pediatric endocrinology.
Herminia Palacio is an American nonprofit executive who was formerly CEO of the Guttmacher Institute. She formerly served as Deputy Mayor of New York City for Health and Human Services under Bill de Blasio from 2016 to 2019.
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