Diversity in health care institutions reduces Israeli patients' prejudice toward Arabs.

ABSTRACT: Diversity in the lines of public institutions, such as hospitals, schools, and police forces, is thought to improve provision for minority group members. Nonetheless, whether and how diversity in public institutions shapes majority citizens' prejudice toward minorities are unclear. Building on insights from the intergroup contact literature, I suggest that diversity in public institutions can facilitate positive intergroup contact between majority group members and minorities in elevated social positions. Such unique interactions, which exceed the equal status condition for effective intergroup contact, can serve to reduce prejudice and facilitate more inclusive attitudes among majority group members. To test this expectation, I focus on health care provision-a leading sector with regard t

SUBMITTER: Weiss CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8040664 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature