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Black patients adjust behavior to reduce chance of discrimination in health care settings, survey finds
A youthful mom in California’s Antelope Valley bathes her young children and attire them in neat clothes, building positive they look their really most effective — at health care appointments. “I brush their tooth before they see the dentist. Just very little items like that to secure myself from becoming taken care of unfairly,” she explained to scientists. A 72-yr-previous in Los Angeles, aware that he is a Black male, tries to set providers at ease about him. “My actions will possibly be appeared at and used to the entire race, particularly if my steps are detrimental,” he reported. “And in particular if they are perceived as intense.” A lot…
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Women’s Experiences with Provider Communication and Interactions in Health Care Settings: Findings from the 2022 KFF Women’s Health Survey
Introduction Women’s health outcomes are shaped not only by access to care, health insurance, and affordability, but also by the social and economic factors that drive health, discrimination, and experiences within the health care system, which have become a larger focus in providing equitable health care in recent years. One of the Institute of Medicine’s six domains of healthcare quality is patient-centered care: providing care that is respectful of and responsive to individual patient preferences, needs, and values and ensuring that patient values guide all clinical decisions. Measures of patient experience and Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) Surveys have also become more widely used among health care…