Prevalence and characteristics of anti-Indigenous bias among Albertan physicians: a cross-sectional survey and framework analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Recent deaths of Indigenous patients in the Canadian healthcare system have been attributed to structural and interpersonal racism. Experiences of interpersonal racism by Indigenous physicians and patients have been well characterised, but the source of this interpersonal bias has not been as well studied. The aim of this study was to describe the prevalence of explicit and implicit interpersonal anti-Indigenous biases among Albertan physicians.

Design and setting

This cross-sectional survey measuring demographic information and explicit and implicit anti-Indigenous biases was distributed in September 2020 to all practising physicians in Alberta, Canada.

Participants

375 practising physicians with an active medical licence.

Outcomes

Explicit anti-Indi

SUBMITTER: Roach P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9950908 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature