UCLA Health: Black, Hispanic, and American Indian Adolescents Likelier Than White Adolescents to Be Tested for Drugs, Alcohol at Pediatric Trauma Centers
October 05, 2024
October 05, 2024
LOS ANGELES, California, Oct. 5 (TNSres) -- The UCLA Health issued the following news release:
Injured adolescents from marginalized groups treated at pediatric trauma centers are more likely to be tested for drugs and alcohol than white adolescents, even when accounting for injury severity, a study led by researchers at UCLA and Children's Hospital Los Angeles suggests.
The findings, published(Link is external) in the peer-reviewed JAMA Network Open, suggest that clin . . .
Injured adolescents from marginalized groups treated at pediatric trauma centers are more likely to be tested for drugs and alcohol than white adolescents, even when accounting for injury severity, a study led by researchers at UCLA and Children's Hospital Los Angeles suggests.
The findings, published(Link is external) in the peer-reviewed JAMA Network Open, suggest that clin . . .