The first primer of its type is being created by experts to address anti-Black racism in Canadian healthcare.
TORONTO: Patients suffer as a result of the fact that many medical students in Canada are not expressly taught how to handle Black patients and how to prevent anti-Black racism from entering the healthcare system.
To alter that, a group of well-known Black health researchers in Canada are teaming up to develop the first health primer of its type, which will inform medical professionals and eventually enhance care for Black Canadians.
THE ORIGIN OF THE COLLABORATIVE
Long before the pandemic exposed the disparities in our healthcare system, there was a need for greater focus on Black health.
In 2016, Nnorom joined the University of Toronto’s Department of Medicine as the Black Health Team Lead. In this position, she was responsible for distributing teaching materials about anti-Black racism and how it affects patients. After discussing the problem with Dr. OmiSoore Dryden, Dalhousie University’s James R. Johnson Chair in Black Canadian Studies, Nnorom and Dryden agreed to assemble a team of Black academics, medical professionals, and researchers to provide educational resources to address the problem.
HOW ANTI-BLACK RACISM EDUCATION DELAYS HEALTHCARE
Nnorom clarified that when medical professionals are not adequately informed about anti-Black racism and Black health, patients may face a variety of repercussions. Implicit biases occur when caregivers use stereotypes in their work without even being aware of it. Other unfavorable preconceptions she has witnessed being used include the idea that Black patients are “not to be trusted” or are less intelligent, both of which may cause medical professionals to doubt patients who are sharing their personal stories. This could indicate that medical professionals are unable to completely empathize to patients and comprehend the effects of racism because they are unaware of the daily stressors associated with racism or minimize the mental health issues that may result from it.
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