Law enforcement presence and policing in the hospital have been increasingly reported in response to rare but significant incidents of violence in the hospital. (1)(2) The patterns of policing in the hospital have been shown to be racialized. (1) Specifically, inequitable policing can manifest as disproportionate use of physical restraints, security calls, and hypersurveillance of racially marginalized communities. (3)(4)(5)(6)(7) These racialized patterns are not coincidental but instead reflect the systemic nature of structural racism. Structural racism is a form of racism that is “pervasively and deeply embedded in systems, laws, written or unwritten policies, and entrenched practices and beliefs that produce, condone, and perpetuate widespread unfair treatment and oppression of people of color, with adverse health consequences.” (8) Policing in the hospital has the potential to have negative effects on physical and...
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December 2024
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Case Series|
December 01 2024
Recognition and Impact of Policing Families in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Kayla L. Karvonen, MD;
Kayla L. Karvonen, MD
*Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
†California Preterm Birth Initiative, San Francisco, CA
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April Edwell, MD;
April Edwell, MD
*Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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Amber McZeal, PhD;
Amber McZeal, PhD
‡EvolutionMuse Healing Arts, Oakland, CA
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Devlynne Sasha Ondusko, MD;
Devlynne Sasha Ondusko, MD
§Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
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Elizabeth Rogers, MD
Elizabeth Rogers, MD
*Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
†California Preterm Birth Initiative, San Francisco, CA
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Neoreviews (2024) 25 (12): e821–e831.
Article history
Received:
May 08 2023
Revision Received:
August 08 2024
Accepted:
August 15 2024
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Kayla L. Karvonen, April Edwell, Amber McZeal, Devlynne Sasha Ondusko, Elizabeth Rogers; Recognition and Impact of Policing Families in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Neoreviews December 2024; 25 (12): e821–e831. https://doi.org/10.1542/neo.25-12-e821
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