Abstract
Pediatrics has witnessed an evolution from primary care, family-centered care, community pediatrics, social pediatrics and global pediatrics, which has shifted our attention beyond the clinic setting to an appreciation of children in their lived environment. We are witnessing the emergence of planetary pediatrics that further broadens the focus of children’s health to include the continued importance of clinical care, but also the impacts of climate change, environmental degradation, child migration, unrelenting war and conflict, social injustice, pandemics and violence against children. If we do not acknowledge the present and ever-increasing adverse planetary changes of what children are experiencing now and in the future, we will have failed to adequately protect them from impending catastrophes. The hope of pediatrics for the future is to improve the health and well-being of all children. This hope remains as relevant today as it was for our predecessors and serves as a beacon for the voyage through the remainder of the twenty-first century.
Highlights
Pediatrics over the last one hundred years has exhibited a transformation that has evolved from a focus on the care of the child in the context of general pediatrics and subspecialty care, to a focus on a broader commitment to children
The profession has witnessed the evolution from primary care, family-centered care, community pediatrics, social pediatrics and global pediatrics, which has shifted our attention from the clinic setting, to an appreciation of children in their lived environment
Planetary pediatrics continues to embrace the importance of clinical care, but in the context of climate change, environmental degradation, epidemics and pandemics, child migration, unrelenting war and conflict, discrimination and social injustice, and violence against children
Summary
Pediatrics over the last one hundred years has exhibited a transformation that has evolved from a focus on the care of the child in the context of general pediatrics and subspecialty care, to a focus on a broader commitment to children. The profession has witnessed the evolution from primary care, family-centered care, community pediatrics, social pediatrics and global pediatrics, which has shifted our attention from the clinic setting, to an appreciation of children in their lived environment. Planetary pediatrics continues to embrace the importance of clinical care, but in the context of climate change, environmental degradation, epidemics and pandemics, child migration, unrelenting war and conflict, discrimination and social injustice, and violence against children. Each of these challenges are interrelated, resulting in an urgent need to address them in a concerted manner.
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