Anti-Black racism in Canadian health care: a qualitative study of diverse perceptions of racism and racial discrimination among Black adults in Montreal, Quebec.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Racism has been shown to impact the health of Black persons through its influence on health care, including its expression through implicit biases in provider training, attitudes, and behaviours. Less is known about the experiences of racism in contexts outside of the USA, and how race and racism interact with other social locations and systems of discrimination to shape Black patients' experiences of racism in health care encounters. To help address this gap, this study examined diverse Black individuals' perceived experiences of, and attitudes towards, anti-Black racism and racial discrimination in Canadian health care, specifically in Montreal, Quebec.

Methods

This descriptive qualitative study adopted a social constructionist approach. Employing purposive maxi

SUBMITTER: Williams KKA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11562605 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature