Tag: Discrimination
Discrimination Has Pervasive Adverse Links to Mental Health
Adverse mental health, substance use, and poor well-being reported for young adults with interpersonal discrimination
Many Minority, Women Cardiologists Face Discrimination
Across racial and ethnic groups, most cardiologists report satisfaction with their careers
Significant Gender Pay Gap Persists in Anesthesiology
Women anesthesiologists receive an average of $32,600 less per year; gap exists even when adjusting for differences in age, hours worked, geographic practice region
Health Equity Not Adequately Addressed in COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution
Minority group representatives present in only a minority of state vaccine plans
Many Adults Do Not See Link Between Racism, Poorer Health
Findings revealed in national survey of U.S. adults with family incomes of less than $125,000
U.S. Surgical Residents Report Racial/Ethnic Discrimination Common
Residents reported being mistaken for someone else of the same race or as a nonphysician
Health Care Professionals Exhibit Gender Bias
Biases associate men with careers and surgery and women with family and family medicine
Many Teens Are Concerned Over Societal Discrimination
Increase in concern in 2016 linked to increase in behavioral problems such as substance use in 2017
6 Factors Related to Inclusion in Health Care Workplace ID’d
Presence of discrimination, the silent witness, effectiveness of leadership can help assess inclusion
Female Internists Consistently Earn Less Than Men
Women earn less than men in every internal medicine specialty; higher differential for older docs
