As the family’s health care provider, you are a very important source of support during this time. Parents trust and value your insights and perspective. Simply ask how they are doing with this change, validate that it can be a challenging time, and point them toward resources that can provide additional support in helping parents feel less alone and better equipped to care for their young children. This algorithm provides a suggested road map for addressing these changes during your encounters with families.
Open Letter
A Clean Diaper Should Never Be Out of Reach
Through the lens of the National Diaper Bank Network, this article identifies diaper insecurity as a public health issue and examines its effects on child health, development, parental well-being, and access to child care and employment, while highlighting the importance of investments in diapers, health care, child care, and family support programs to help children thrive.
