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- Racial health disparities, particularly for Black mothers and during the COVID-19 pandemic, are severe and highlight underlying issues of implicit bias and structural racism in healthcare.
- Implicit bias among healthcare providers contributes to unequal treatment and health outcomes for Black individuals, which have been exacerbated by historical factors like residential segregation and economic disadvantages.
- To address these issues, healthcare professionals must critically examine their own biases, while organizations need to actively investigate and combat structural racism within their systems.
Article Abstract
The evidence of racial health disparities is profound. Much attention has been given to the disparity in maternal morbidity and mortality experienced by Black mothers. The disparity in Black lives lost from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has further highlighted the disparity in health outcomes for Black people. Although COVID-19 is a new disease, the reason for the health disparity is the same as in maternal morbidity and mortality: implicit bias and structural racism. Implicit bias among health care professionals leads to disparities in how health care is delivered. Generations of structural racism perpetuated through racial residential segregation, economic suppression, and health care inequality have normalized the poorer health outcomes for Black Americans. It is easy to dismiss these issues as someone else's problem, because health care professionals often fail to acknowledge the effect of implicit bias in their own practices. We all need to be highly critical of our own practices and look introspectively for implicit bias to find the cure. Health care organizations must invest time and resources into investigating the structural racism that exists within our own walls.
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