A source of healthcare disparity: Race, skin color, and injuries after rape among adolescents and young adults

Journal of Forensic Nursing

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 144-150

  Baker, Rachel B ^a   Fargo, Jamison D ^b   Shambley Ebron, Donna ^c   Sommers, Marilyn S ^d  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Forensic nursing; Injuries; Race; Rape; Sexual assault; Skin color

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANAL CANAL; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FORENSIC MEDICINE; FORENSIC NURSING; GENETICS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; RAPE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN PIGMENTATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANAL CANAL; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; FORENSIC NURSING; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LOGISTIC MODELS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; RAPE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN PIGMENTATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956416386     PISSN: 15563693     EISSN: 19393938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-3938.2010.01070.x     Document Type: Article

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