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Contribution to Article-Draft: Cultural competence in healthcare

Added to: Clinical Practice Section

Implicit bias towards certain races or ethnicities is common in the healthcare field, specifically in the United States, commonly with Black Americans, Hispanic Americans, and American Indians. Subconscious discrimination is occurring regardless of the advancement of disease prevention in the United States, as shown by the significantly high mortality rates of the groups mentioned earlier in the paragraph. This discrimination is shaped by attitudes of healthcare professionals, who often differ in effort and type of treatment based on the race and appearance of a patient. Carrying over to the diagnosis and treatment of minority patients, the disparities in quality of healthcare increase the likelihood of developing diseases such as asthma, HIV/AIDs and other life-threatening diseases. For example, a study that focused on the treatment and diagnosis differences between black women and white women in regards to breast cancer indicated this bias and its effects. Specifically, the study indicated that "white women are more likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer, [and] Black women are more likely to die from it."

The differences in responses from healthcare professionals to black patients versus white patients is drastic, indicated by subconscious negative perceptions of various races. In a study that evaluated physicians' immediate assumptions made about different races "two-thirds of the clinicians had implicit bias against blacks (43% moderate to strong) and Latinos (51% moderate to strong)". Without intentionally forming stereotypes about patients, these clinicians are indirectly negatively affecting the patients they mistreat. To remedy this, the study suggests for clinicians to form a stronger connection with each patient and to focus on the patient at hand rather than considering their race or background. This will help to prevent negative attitudes when speaking with patients, creating a positive atmosphere that allows for equal environments for all patients.

Added to: Medical Education

A "visual intervention" was completed to educate healthcare professionals on the dangers of subconscious discrimination toward minority groups in order to lessen the common discrimination certain races or ethnicities face in a healthcare setting. This study allowed for physicians to focus more on the problems of their patients, and truly listening to their issues. By creating stronger communication, the study targeted the lack of connection between healthcare professionals and patients due to either language barriers or the patient's mistrust in the professional.

Include more details about what the visual intervention is, maybe describe the process of it. 161.253.68.19 (talk) 20:38, 18 October 2018 (UTC) Oran Evenhaim

Feedback from Kat
This is a really good start; there are just some areas where I think you could delve a little deeper. Like maybe talk about how studies in the past have impacted how minorities distrust doctors today which is in part why they let illnesses go further than white people might before going to the doctor. I know there was one study in particular that comes to mind that had the goal of studying syphilis and only studied black males. This may already be on the Wikipedia article, which is why you didn't talk about it. There are also several areas where you cite a study, but you don't actually put the source's citation at the bottom. Other than that though, I think that this is a really good start, and I liked the use of statistics. I didn't notice any bias or anything.