Addressing bias in healthcare

Discriminatory Patient Behavior Towards Minority Healthcare Providers: Prevalence, Consequences, and Coping Strategies

“…29 One study demonstrated its utility in addressing ethnic bias towards Arab-Americans. 24 This study showed that prejudiced White participants were not interested in meeting Arab American individuals again if they were immediately confronted with the insistence that they take the perspective of Arab-Americans who have faced discrimination since the 9/11 attacks. 24 However, if the Arab-American first asked the prejudiced White participant questions to promote self-affirmation, they were more likely to express a desire to meet an Arab-American again even after the confrontational perspective-taking message.…”

“…24 This study showed that prejudiced White participants were not interested in meeting Arab American individuals again if they were immediately confronted with the insistence that they take the perspective of Arab-Americans who have faced discrimination since the 9/11 attacks. 24 However, if the Arab-American first asked the prejudiced White participant questions to promote self-affirmation, they were more likely to express a desire to meet an Arab-American again even after the confrontational perspective-taking message. 24 In addition to bias-reducing strategies, physicians should be equipped with appropriate coping strategies to reduce the detrimental impact on one's emotional well-being.…”

“…Racial bias is a personal and sometimes unreasonable judgment made solely on an individual's race. 24 Experiencing racial bias from patients can be a stressful psychological process. Although the burden of defusing biases should not solely lie on its stigmatized targets, those targeted by intergroup biases are often in a unique position to respond effectively to shift the paradigm.…”

“…Self-affirmation theory focuses on how individuals adapt to information or experiences that threaten their self-concept by reflecting on and prioritizing personal values. 24 It has shown utility in developing receptiveness to a conflicting message 28 and reducing stress from social Copyright © 2023 JPOSNA® www.jposna.org identity threats. 29 One study demonstrated its utility in addressing ethnic bias towards Arab-Americans.…”

Toward Increasing Equity and Inclusion in Mathematics Classrooms: Exploring the Potential of Proactive Confrontation in Teacher-Education

“…As we stated above, feeling a little guilty or embarrassed for expressing bias can be a good thing-it may motivate desirable behavioral self-regulation, wherein people endeavor to suppress bias (Czopp et al, 2006;Monteith, 1993). Proactive confronters must be mindful, however, that too much guilt or embarrassment may spark a defensive reaction among confrontees (Hernandez et al, 2013;Wolsiefer & Stone, 2019). Moreover, if teacher-pupils are led to believe that expressing bias makes them a bad, irredeemable person, then the only way for them to resolve their negative self-directed feelings is to deny that there is a problem.…”