TY - JOUR
T1 - The Impact of Unconscious Bias in Healthcare
T2 - How to Recognize and Mitigate It
AU - Marcelin, Jasmine R.
AU - Siraj, Dawd S.
AU - Victor, Robert
AU - Kotadia, Shaila
AU - Maldonado, Yvonne A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press for the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved. For permissions, e-mail: [email protected].
PY - 2019/8/20
Y1 - 2019/8/20
N2 - The increasing diversity in the US population is reflected in the patients who healthcare professionals treat. Unfortunately, this diversity is not always represented by the demographic characteristics of healthcare professionals themselves. Patients from underrepresented groups in the United States can experience the effects of unintentional cognitive (unconscious) biases that derive from cultural stereotypes in ways that perpetuate health inequities. Unconscious bias can also affect healthcare professionals in many ways, including patient-clinician interactions, hiring and promotion, and their own interprofessional interactions. The strategies described in this article can help us recognize and mitigate unconscious bias and can help create an equitable environment in healthcare, including the field of infectious diseases.
AB - The increasing diversity in the US population is reflected in the patients who healthcare professionals treat. Unfortunately, this diversity is not always represented by the demographic characteristics of healthcare professionals themselves. Patients from underrepresented groups in the United States can experience the effects of unintentional cognitive (unconscious) biases that derive from cultural stereotypes in ways that perpetuate health inequities. Unconscious bias can also affect healthcare professionals in many ways, including patient-clinician interactions, hiring and promotion, and their own interprofessional interactions. The strategies described in this article can help us recognize and mitigate unconscious bias and can help create an equitable environment in healthcare, including the field of infectious diseases.
KW - Unconscious bias
KW - diversity and inclusion
KW - mitigating strategies
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U2 - 10.1093/infdis/jiz214
DO - 10.1093/infdis/jiz214
M3 - Article
C2 - 31430386
AN - SCOPUS:85071556359
SN - 0022-1899
VL - 220
SP - S62-S73
JO - Journal of Infectious Diseases
JF - Journal of Infectious Diseases
M1 - jiz214
ER -