5 Minute Moment for Racial Justice in Healthcare Series – Structural Racism and Disparities in Child Maltreatment Reporting

Tuesday, September 12, 2023, 12:00 AM - Friday, September 11, 2026, 11:59 PM, On Demand

The 5 Minute Moment for Racial Justice in Healthcare is a case-based curriculum and educational framework that identifies examples of racism in present-day clinical practice and equips healthcare professionals with the language and framework to discuss this topic with learners. This multimedia curriculum will highlight common examples of structural racism and racial bias in medical decision-making, as well as share resources and practices to promote health equity and provide racially-just care for patients.

This video covers the ways implicit bias and structural racism affect child protective services reporting and contribute to disparities. This video addresses the nuanced decision to file a report to child protective services.

  Release Date: September 12, 2023
  Expiration Date: September 11, 2026
  Estimated Time to Complete: ~15 minutes
  Registration Fee: FREE 

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AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (0.25 hours), Non-Physician Participation Credit (0.25 hours)

1. Describe how racial bias leads to disparities in recognizing and reporting child maltreatment.
2. Apply a checklist of questions to promote more deliberate, objective consideration for CPS reporting.

In support of improving patient care, Stanford Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. 

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American Medical Association (AMA) 
Stanford Medicine designates this Enduring Material for a maximum of 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

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References/Resources
Hyunil Kim, Christopher Wildeman, Melissa Jonson-Reid, and Brett Drake, 2017: Lifetime Prevalence of Investigating Child Maltreatment Among US Children American Journal of Public Health 107, 274_280, https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2016.303545
Race and Bias in Child Maltreatment Diagnosis and Reporting Palusci VJ, Botash AS. Race and Bias in Child Maltreatment Diagnosis and Reporting. Pediatrics. 2021;148(1):e2020049625.doi:10.1542/peds.2020-049625
The Perils of Child “Protection” for Children of Color: Lessons From History Raz M, Dettlaff A, Edwards F. The Perils of Child “Protection” for Children of Color: Lessons From History. Pediatrics. 2021;148(1):e2021050237. doi:10.1542/peds.2021-050237
A Cure Worse than the Disease? The Impact of Removal on Children and Their Families Vivek Sankaran. "A Cure Worse Than the Disease? The Impact of Removal on Children and Their Families." Christopher Church and Monique Mitchell, co-authors. Marq. L. Rev. 102, no. 4 (2019): 1163-94.

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