Attitudes and Actions Related to Racism: the Anti-RaCism (ARC) Survey Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Racism negatively impacts health and well-being. Members of the medical community must intervene to address racism.

Objective

To assess whether attitudes about the impact of racism on health or society are associated with intervening around racism.

Design

Cross-sectional survey of a large department of medicine in an urban academic setting.

Participants

Interns, residents, fellows, and faculty.

Main measures

The primary outcome was the likelihood of intervening around an observed racist encounter or a racist policy. Predictor variables included age, gender identity, race/ethnicity, and attitudes about racism.

Key results

Although the majority of the 948 respondents endorsed the impact of racism on health and other societal effects, leve

SUBMITTER: Burnett-Bowie SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9360374 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature