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Child Health at the Border
June 25, 2018 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 am
Dr. Nathalie Quion and Dr. Lanre Falusi, Attendings at the Immigrant Health Clinic in Adams Morgan, talks about her visit to the Border with the AAP (American Academy of Pediatrics) President, Colleen Kraft.
View their conversation here.
From Brave New Films: “Childhood trauma, like imprisonment and family separation, provokes long-lasting implications caused by high levels of toxic stress. Short term damage can present with depression, anxiety, developmental delays, and autism-like symptoms; long term damage presents as cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. Through the expertise and first-hand observations of current American Academy of Pediatrics president, Dr. Colleen Kraft, and her pediatric colleagues: Dr. Lanre Falusi and Dr. Nathalie Quion viewers are confronted with the heartbreaking reality that these innocent, traumatized children are (undergoing).”
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