Green adds perspective to article about implicit bias training in medicine

Tiffany Green, PhD, associate professor in the Division of Reproductive and Population Health, shared thoughts about the role of implicit bias training in addressing maternal health disparities in an article from Rebellious Magazine.

In the article To Close Racial Gap in Maternal Health, Some States Take Aim at Implicit Bias, Green added perspective about the levels of bias that can impact care and questioned whether implicit bias training can help effect systemic change:

“Green…said her team’s review of studies on anti-bias trainings in clinical settings found little evidence that it led to long-term behavioral changes.

Because racism isn’t just an individual problem but a systemic one, Green said, institutions must combat bias at the organizational level.

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