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Training providers on issues of race and racism improve health care equity
Author(s) -
Nelson Stephen C.,
Prasad Shailendra,
Hackman Heather W.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
pediatric blood and cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.116
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1545-5017
pISSN - 1545-5009
DOI - 10.1002/pbc.25448
Subject(s) - racism , medicine , race (biology) , health care , white (mutation) , health equity , equity (law) , family medicine , gerontology , nursing , public health , gender studies , biochemistry , chemistry , sociology , political science , law , economics , gene , economic growth
Race is an independent factor in health disparity. We developed a training module to address race, racism, and health care. A group of 19 physicians participated in our training module. Anonymous survey results before and after the training were compared using a two‐sample t ‐test. The awareness of racism and its impact on care increased in all participants. White participants showed a decrease in self‐efficacy in caring for patients of color when compared to white patients. This training was successful in deconstructing white providers' previously held beliefs about race and racism. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2015;62:915–917. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.