ArticleJournal of general internal medicine2007
Reducing racial bias among health care providers: lessons from social-cognitive psychology.
Article in Journal of general internal medicine, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07540767 (Development of a Provider-Focused Intervention to Improve Health Outcomes in Pediatric Sickle Cell Disease), which is not on this map. Cited by 168 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Development of a Provider-Focused Intervention to Improve Health Outcomes in Pediatric Sickle Cell Disease
Who cites it
168 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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Abstract
The paper sets forth a set of evidence-based recommendations for interventions to combat unintentional bias among health care providers, drawing upon theory and research in social cognitive psychology. Our primary aim is to provide a framework that outlines strategies and skills, which can be taught to medical trainees and practicing physicians, to prevent unconscious racial attitudes and stereotypes from negatively influencing the course and outcomes of clinical encounters. These strategies and skills are designed to: 1) enhance internal motivation to reduce bias, while avoiding external pressure; 2) increase understanding about the psychological basis of bias; 3) enhance providers' confidence in their ability to successfully interact with socially dissimilar patients; 4) enhance emotional regulation skills; and 5) improve the ability to build partnerships with patients. We emphasize the need for programs to provide a nonthreatening environment in which to practice new skills and the need to avoid making providers ashamed of having racial, ethnic, or cultural stereotypes. These recommendations are also intended to provide a springboard for research on interventions to reduce unintentional racial bias in health care.
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