Thursday, June 11, 2026 – 12-1 PM EDT
A father’s health status has implications for himself and also for the health and well-being of his children. This open discussion session will focus on engaging fathers during pediatric primary care visits, both to support their children’s health and development and to prioritize their own health and connection with the healthcare system. Come ready to join the conversation!
Learning Objectives
- Describe how a father’s health has implications for their child’s health and well-being
- Summarize barriers that fathers have in engaging with the healthcare system
- List three interventions to engage fathers in their own and their child’s healthcare during pediatric primary care visits
Presenters
Eva Johnson
Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, Assistant Professor
Dr. Johnson is a pediatrician and HealthySteps Physician Champion who works in the division of General Academic Pediatrics at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Johnson is an Assistant Professor at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center/Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and serves as the Medical Director for Value-Based Care and Care Coordination in the Rainbow Primary Care Institute. She is also the Medical Director of the Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital Nurse Advice Line and co-directs RainbowECHO, which uses tele-education to train primary care providers in pediatric mental health.
Holly Pangrace
University Hospitals, Cleveland, HealthySteps Specialist
Holly has spent the past 25 years working in maternal mental health and dyadic care. An independently licensed clinical counselor, she has worked as a home-based maternal depression therapist and and adult services supervisor with a focus on maternal mental health providers in the non-profit setting, as a mental health care coordinator for perinatal mothers in University Hospital’s Centering Pregnancy program, and most recently as a HealthySteps Specialist. Holly is a certified facilitator of Mom Power and Attachment Vitamins, two group models of trauma-informed dyadic care.
Kristin Cipolla
University Hospitals, HealthySteps Specialist
Kristin Cipolla is a licensed social worker who specializes in IECMH and trauma. She began her career providing in-home IECMH in an urban area of Cleveland, Ohio. She was trained with a focus on child/parent psychotherapy at Ohio Guidestone. She began to work on an ACE grant at University Hospitals and transitioned to UH five years ago. She was instrumental in introducing trauma screens at Rainbow’s Women and Children pediatric clinic. Presently, she is a HealthySteps Specialist at UHRWC, where all of her knowledge and training come together to help children from 0 to 3.