Maneesha Agarwal, MD, FAAP, joins host Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez to talk about helmet use during sports and recreation. Dr. Agarwal offers strategies for choosing the right helmet type, making sure it fits and persuading older tweens and teens to wear it. She also explains why advocacy is needed to make helmets more equitable.
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Maneesha Agarwal, MD, FAAP
 Dr. Maneesha Agarwal is an associate professor in pediatrics and emergency medicine at Emory University School of Medicine and an attending physician in pediatric emergency medicine at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. She is a funded injury prevention researcher whose work has focused on poisoning prevention, child passenger safety, teen driving, firearm safety, consumer product safety and adverse childhood experiences. Dr. Agarwal is active with the American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Injury, Violence, and Poison Prevention (COIVPP) as the vice-chair for Georgia's COIVPP, the national membership & newsletter co-chair, facilitator for the Trainees for Child Injury Prevention program, and the COIVPP subject matter expert for the AAP Center of Excellence: Creating Healthy Digital Ecosystems for Children and Youth. |
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Theme music composed by
Doug Nagel.
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