Barriers and outcomes of therapeutic communication between nurses and patients in Africa: a scoping review.

Background: Therapeutic communication (TC) promotes effective patient care, emotional wellbeing, and improves patient outcomes. The purpose of this review was to synthesise evidence on barriers and outcomes of TC between nurses and patients in Africa and to inform future studies and systematic reviews.

Methods: Search for the records was done in four major databases including PubMed, Science Direct, PubMed CENTRAL, and JSTOR.

Perspectives of Community Partners Involved in an Academic Training to Address Clinicians' Implicit Bias.

Background: Community-academic partnerships are increasingly used in interventions to address health care disparities. Little is known about motivations and perceptions of participating community members.

Objectives: To elicit community members' perspectives of involvement in a community-academic partnership to address implicit bias in health care.