ArticleJournal of racial and ethnic health disparities2020
A Prospective Examination of Racial Microaggressions in the Medical Encounter.
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- COVID-19 as a Mirror: Reflecting the Pandemic of Racism and the Historical Roots of Health Inequities.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Discrimination and Dignity Experiences in Prior Oral Care Visits Predict Racialized Oral Health Inequities Among Nationally Representative US Adults.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2024Article
- Attitudes and Actions Related to Racism: the Anti-RaCism (ARC) Survey Study.Journal of general internal medicine · 2022Article
- Microaggression clues from social media: revealing and counteracting the suppression of women's health care.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2022Article
- Racism: the shameful practices that the medical profession is finally addressing.Women's midlife health · 2021Article
- This is our lane: talking with patients about racism.Women's midlife health · 2021Review
- Physician Use of Stigmatizing Language in Patient Medical Records.JAMA network open · 2021Article
- Alarm at the Gate-Health and Social Inequalities are Comorbid Conditions of HIV and COVID-19.The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANACArticle
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Abstract
Disparities in healthcare and health outcomes between whites and non-whites continue to plague the US healthcare system. A large literature suggests that people of color face obstacles at various points in the healthcare system. This article examines one such obstacle: whether patients of color experience microaggressions from physicians during primary care medical visits. A majority of microaggression studies are qualitative and retrospective in nature. In the current study, we use a prospective approach to broaden how microaggressions are measured, as well as understand differential treatment of racial minorities within healthcare. Using data derived from audio recordings of medical visits (n = 224), we utilize a quantitative measure to examine microaggressions in the medical encounter. We find that when race status differences are present between patient and physician, patients of color are more likely to experience microaggressions from their physician. The results suggest that medical encounters differ depending on characteristics of the parties involved. These differences may not only perpetuate the differential treatment of people of color but also contribute to health disparities for people of color.
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