1 in 5 children need care for a mental health issue
Our kids are enduring significant mental health issues, barriers to good health, and difficult diagnoses that may change their lives.
1 in 5 children need care for a mental health issue
last year, children made 560,000+ visits to Dayton Children’s to receive care
Ohio ranks 47/50 states in health outcomes with children ranking toward the bottom
Our children deserve a great children’s hospital close to home – a hospital that not only helps sick kids get better, but one that works relentlessly to ensure every one of our children thrive.
During the Do. More. campaign, Dayton Children’s will invest more than $400 million to address the most urgent challenges facing our kids. Our plan is focused on these three areas.
Suicidal ideation and depression are the number one and number two reasons children are admitted to Dayton Children’s. Our children are depending on us to deescalate the mental health crisis they are facing by providing more services and giving them tools to manage mental health throughout their lives.
Every child deserves the highest-level care that meets their unique needs. This means expanding high touch, personalized care like sensory rooms and child life as well as investing in high tech, state-of-the-art care like new, life-saving technologies, optimal healing environments, and cutting-edge clinical research.
Too many of our region’s children face uncertain futures due to poor health. Adverse experiences such as poverty, food insecurity, lack of access to pediatric primary care, and abuse are building barriers to optimal health. Innovative approaches are needed to improve our children’s health today and in the future.
– Libby Charlton: manager, community behavioral health services
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