Event Start/Stop Date and Time
June 18, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EDT
Check-in Date and Time
June 18, 2026 11:45 AM EDT
Location
Live Webinar
Quiet Location with Reliable Internet Connectivity
Target Audience
Physicians, PAs, NPs, nurses, hospital chaplains, clergy, social workers, psychologists, counselors, allied health professionals and all others interested in emerging ethical issues in health care.
Event Description
In this talk, Dr. Leila DeWitt will be discussing the impact of inpatient food insecurity on pediatric health and evaluating the potential ethical responsibility for health systems to respond to his health-related social need in children and their families. Presenter: Dr. Leila DeWitt is a pediatric hospitalist and food insecurity researcher. Prior to starting her medical career in pediatrics and research, she attended Wake Forest University for undergraduate and graduate school, completing a Masters in Bioethics and proceeded to medical school in South Carolina. She returned home to Wake Forest for pediatrics residency training and clinically practices as a pediatric hospitalist at Brenner Children’s Hospital, where she also serves as Associate Section Chief for Pediatric Hospital Medicine. Additionally, she serves as an Associate Program Director for the Wake Forest Pediatrics Residency Program. Her research focuses on food insecurity experienced by pediatric patients and their families while admitted to hospital, in addition to the connection of hospitalized pediatric patients to federal nutrition benefits. She and her research partners have worked to build an inpatient food pantry and developed an inpatient food insecurity screening (IFI) tool. Findings from her pilot IFI work contributed to the implementation of a caregiver meal tray program, allowing caregivers with IFI access to free meals while their children are admitted to the hospital. This interdisciplinary activity is free, however, you must pre-register by 10 AM (ET) on June 18 to be able to attend.
Objectives
- Explain how food insecurity functions as a structural determinant of health, including intersections with race and socioeconomic status.
- Identify opportunities for screening and addressing food insecurity in pediatric hospital clinical care.
- Evaluate the ethical responsibilities of health care systems to address food insecurity beyond the bedside.
Session Credits
Credit will be awarded based on participant selection at time of registration. Before selecting credits, participants are encouraged to review our Credit Glossary (opens in new tab) for general information. Please note that not all credit types are available for every program.
Session Details
Exploring Ethics: Beyond the Diagnosis: Addressing Food Insecurity as a Clinical and Social Determinant in Hospitalized Children
June 18, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EDT
Check-in: June 18, 2026 11:45 AM EDT
Available Credits:
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• 1 Contact (category A) CE for NC Psychologists Hours
Northwest AHEC is recognized by the North Carolina Psychology Board as an approved provider of (Category A)Continuing Education for North Carolina Licensed Psychologists. This program will provide 1.0 contact hours of (Category A) continuing education for North Carolina psychologists. No partial credit will be given.
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• 1 Contact Hours from Northwest AHEC
1.0 Contact Hour from Northwest AHEC.
Nurses: This educational activity (1.0 contact hour) can be applied toward your continuing competence plan for maintaining your current licensure with the North Carolina Board of Nursing.
