RAISE AWARENESS
Join us in supporting conversations about emotional health during each clinical encounter. The resources on this page will help you understand the importance and feasibility of fostering emotional health among pediatric patients with chronic conditions and their families.
These tools and resources were made with you in mind. Look for the “helpful for” tags to identify which resources may be relevant to you as a patient, parent, clinician, training program director, or trainee.
How are you doing?
This video offers an introduction to the reason “why” The Roadmap Project is so needed. It highlights the impact of chronic conditions on emotional health. The impact of simply asking, "How are you doing?" can truly make a difference in patient, parent, and family outcomes.
Helpful for: Everyone
A Patient Shares How Clinicians Can Empower Patients by Asking About Emotional Health
Meg Didier is a patient with a chronic condition and friend of The Roadmap Project. In this video, she shares how all clinicians can positively impact patients' emotional health by asking early and often.
Helpful for: Patients and Families, Clinicians, training program directors, and trainees
The Impact of Being Black while Living with a Chronic Condition
The impact of being Black while living with a chronic condition: Inpatient perspectives published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine and calls attention to identified areas of concern for Black patients and parents during hospitalization and discusses actionable strategies for improvement. This publication was based on a panel discussion among three Black parents and a young Black adult who shared their lived experience of being Black, having a chronic condition, and interacting with the healthcare system.
Using the publication, video snippets, and quotes to provide an overview with strategies in various presentations, Roadmap Project faculty Lori Crosby, PsyD developed a short video that summarizes key themes and change strategies from the publication. She describes how healthcare providers can build a safe space when asking about and addressing the emotional health of Black patients and their families. This video can be helpful for individuals and for sharing as part of educational activities that support learners addressing emotional health.
Helpful for: Everyone