3147.0 Discrimination and bias: Social injustice in health care

Monday, November 8, 2010: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Oral
Discrimination and bias create social injustice. When present in the health care system, discrimination and bias further compromise health and well-being. This session features presentations on a diverse collection of marginalized and stigmatized populations and discusses the role of public health in mitigating this problem.
Session Objectives: 1. Describe impact of provider bias on health and well-being of various marginalized/stigmatized populations. 2. Discuss challenges in remediating discrimination and bias among providers. 3. Compare the commonalities of impacts among various marginalized populations.
Moderator:
Keisha Shropshire, MPH, CHES

10:30am
Discrimination reduces employability and related well being among individuals with disabilities: How public health education can help
Shawna Chapman, MA, MPH, Jean P. Hall, PhD and Noelle Kurth, MS
        
10:45am
Implications of weight bias as a barrier to the treatment of Obesity
Jennifer Copeland, MA, Peter Jaberg, PhD and Nicholas Lenckus, MA
  
11:00am
Racial differences in diagnosis among HIV/AIDS female veterans receiving care in Veterans Affairs facilities
Grace Lartey, PhD, William N. Mkanta, PhD, Tina Abrefa-Gyan, MSW, Shalini Singh and Huma Ansari
     
11:15am
Examining health care discrimination among LGBT and HIV communities
Zahara Raine, MA
     
11:30am
Bridging the gap of healthcare service utilization disparities among intravenous drug users in Denver, Colorado: A formative study
Stephanie Wood, MPH, CHES and Andrés Guerrero, BA
     

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Public Health Education and Health Promotion
Endorsed by: Socialist Caucus, Social Work, Women's Caucus

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