Author Interviews, Columbia, Emergency Care, JAMA, Pediatrics, Race/Ethnic Diversity, Yale / 17.09.2021
Black Children Are Physically Restrained in Emergency Room at Disproportionate Rates Compared to White children
MedicalResearch.com Interview with:
Destiny Tolliver, MD
National Clinician Scholars Program
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT 06510-8088
Katherine Nash MD, MHS
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study?
Response: This study was motivated by work from our colleagues in the adult Emergency Medicine world. Earlier this year Dr. Ambrose Wong and colleagues published work describing racial disparities in the physical restraint of adults in the ED. This prompted our group to consider whether these disparities were also present for children.
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