As your materials indicate, health care professionals sometimes fail to report child abuse in cases where they believe the child's injury may be abuse-related. However, as discussed in this article, studies have also found that providers are significantly more likely to evaluate Black, Latinx, American Indian, and Alaska Native children for child abuse and to refer them to child protective services as compared to White children. As noted in this article, researchers have concluded that these disparities in child abuse evaluations are the result of health care providers' implicit biases. What are some of the harms that may result from these biases, and specifically, from overreporting? What can be done to balance the need to detect and address child abuse against the harms of overreporting injuries suffered by children of color?

First Article link:

https://www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcoverage/aap/88958

Second article link:

https://www.mdedge.com/pediatrics/article/233972/diversity-medicine/disparities-child-abuse-evaluation-arise-implicit-bias?