TY - JOUR PY - 2021// TI - Black children are disproportionately identified as victims of child abuse: a National Trauma Data Bank study [meeting abstract] JO - Pediatrics A1 - Diyaolu, Modupeola A1 - Ye, Chaonan A1 - Wild, Hannah A1 - Tennakoon, Lakshika A1 - Spain, David A. A1 - Chao, Stephanie D. SP - 929 EP - 929 VL - 147 IS - 3 N2 - BACKGROUND: Child abuse is a significant cause of injury and death among children, but proper identification is often challenging. This study aims to assess whether racial disparities exist in the identification of possible child abuse.

METHODS: National Trauma Data Bank (NTDB) 2010-2014 was queried for injured children <18 years old. ICD-9CM codes were used to identify patients with injuries due to suspected child abuse. The 2010 US Census Data was …

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LA - en SN - 0031-4005 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.147.3_MeetingAbstract.929 ID - ref1 ER -