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The authors would like to acknowledge the additional authors of the toolkit, Dena Hubbard MD, Jasmeet Kataria-Hale MD, Alla Kushnir MD, Lisa Owens DO, and Clara Song MD. The authors would like to acknowledge the design team of the toolkit, Emily Golbeck, Zecilly Guzman, and Diana Madden of the Smith Child Health Catalyst, within the Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.
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The toolkit was supported by an American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Strategic Grant.
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K.Z.M. and C.E.L.D. wrote the initial draft of this article. K.Z.M. and K.L. created Fig. 1. All authors contributed to the conception and writing of the toolkit, critical revisions of this article, and approve this final version for publication.
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Machut, K.Z., Lingappan, K., Savich, R. et al. Toolkit for gender equity in pediatrics. Pediatr Res 95, 594–597 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41390-023-02846-1
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