SynthesisBMC psychology2019
Interventions designed to reduce implicit prejudices and implicit stereotypes in real world contexts: a systematic review.
Synthesis in BMC psychology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 105 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
105 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The nature and validity of implicit bias training for health care providers and trainees: A systematic review.Science advances · 2024Pooled it
- Undoing Racism and Mitigating Bias Among Healthcare Professionals: Lessons Learned During a Systematic Review.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2022Pooled it
- Learning to Unveil: Tackling Implicit Bias in Pain Recognition Through Education.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2026Trial
- Reducing public stigma toward people with mental illness through the ACE intervention: a cluster-randomized waitlist-controlled trial.BMC psychology · 2026Trial
- Examining the malleability of implicit views of aging in middle-aged and older adults.Psychology and aging · 2025Trial
- Do norms unintentionally increase stereotypical expressions? A randomised controlled trial.Medical education · 2022Trial
- Factors Contributing to Discriminatory Nursing Care: A Qualitative Study From Nurses' Experiences.Nursing open · 2026Article
- "Shifting the Culture and the Way That We Practice": Perinatal Clinicians' Cognitive, Behavioral, and Team-Level Changes Following Equity-Focused Interventions.Birth (Berkeley, Calif.) · 2026Article
- Stereotypic beliefs dominate reversal learning.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Article
- Subjectivity in Entrustment Decision-Making in the Clinical Workplace: Can We Retain Its Legitimacy But Avoid Bias?Medical science educator · 2026Article
- Developing Inclusive Sports and Recreational Programs for Learners with Disabilities in Rural Limpopo: Barriers, Facilitators, and Impact on Well-Being.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- A Hijab-Effect Too? Clients' Reflections on Professionalism and Empathy Toward Hijab-Wearing Public Servants.Review of public personnel administration · 2025Article
- Interventions to Reduce Implicit Bias in High-Stakes Professional Judgements: A Systematic Review.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Tackling healthcare providers bias: a systematic review of interventions with implications for inclusive clinical research.EClinicalMedicine · 2025Article
- A Qualitative Exploration of Primary Care Clinicians' Perceptions of Hypertensive Black Patients.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Article
- Exploring Implicit Emotional Associations With Death in Patients With Current Suicidal Ideation: Results From Novel Attitude Implicit Association Tests for Suicide.Suicide & life-threatening behavior · 2025Article
- Procedural and declarative knowledge simultaneously contribute to category response selection.Psychological research · 2025Article
- White Participants' Perceptions of Implicit Bias Interventions in U.S. Courts.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The Relationship Between Health Care Professionals' Intersecting Disability and Race Implicit Attitudes and Their Beliefs About People With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARID · 2025Article
45 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
Abstract
backgroundImplicit biases are present in the general population and among professionals in various domains, where they can lead to discrimination. Many interventions are used to reduce implicit bias. However, uncertainties remain as to their effectiveness.
methodsWe conducted a systematic review by searching ERIC, PUBMED and PSYCHINFO for peer-reviewed studies conducted on adults between May 2005 and April 2015, testing interventions designed to reduce implicit bias, with results measured using the Implicit Association Test (IAT) or sufficiently similar methods.
results30 articles were identified as eligible. Some techniques, such as engaging with others' perspective, appear unfruitful, at least in short term implicit bias reduction, while other techniques, such as exposure to counterstereotypical exemplars, are more promising. Robust data is lacking for many of these interventions.
conclusionsCaution is thus advised when it comes to programs aiming at reducing biases. This does not weaken the case for implementing widespread structural and institutional changes that are multiply justified.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.