Laskey, Antoinette
Institution: Indiana University
Grant Title: Racial
Stereotypes and the Recognition of Child Abuse
Grant Number: K08 HS16564
Duration: 5
years (2006-2011)
Project Description: This research project has
three main goals:
- Develop a tool that will demonstrate the influence of
unconscious racial stereotypes on physicians' diagnosis and information recall
in cases of potential abusive head trauma.
- Use qualitative techniques to
develop and pilot test an educational intervention to decrease the effect of
physicians' unconscious stereotypes on the decision to evaluate for abusive
head trauma.
- Use the intervention in Aim 2 to pilot the effectiveness
of reducing unconscious racial stereotypes in physicians' diagnosis in cases of
possible abusive head trauma.
Career Goals: Dr. Laskey received her M.D.
from the University of Missouri, Columbia and served her pediatric residency
there as well. She later earned her M.P.H. at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill where she also studied forensic pediatrics. She is currently an
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Indiana University School of Medicine,
Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis. Dr. Laskey's goal is to be a
highly successful independent clinical researcher in the field of child abuse
and health services research. She plans to focus specifically on improving the
quality of care for children who may be victims of child abuse through
patient-focused research and physicians' decision-making.
Progress to Date: The grantee has initiated
pilot testing in different physician populations of the Web-based instrument
that will be used to establish baseline data for use as comparison during the
intervention phase. She has also implemented an instrument testing the
influence of socioeconomic status (SES) and race in the diagnosis of pediatric fractures among
physicians in training. Dr. Laskey has conducted a study of residents in
Emergency Medicine, Pediatrics, and Family Practice.
Future Plans: Dr. Laskey will continue work
on Aim 1 by honing the instrument and applying it to a larger, more
generalizable population. She will explore other areas related to implicit
biases that may influence physician decision-making by studying the effect of
SES and race on the diagnosis of physical abuse that is not head trauma.
Highlights and Specific Accomplishments:
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Edna G. Henry Clarian Social Work
Values Award, 2005.
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Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics.
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Nominating Committee, Section on
Child Abuse and Neglect, American Academy of Pediatrics.
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Chair, Governor's Appointee, State
Fatality Review Committee.
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Co-director and creator of the
Family Violence Institute at Indiana University.
K-Generated Publications: None thus far.
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