在寻求乳腺癌护理的妇女中存在种族歧视
Lauren J Oshry1, Ruth I Lederman2, Haley Gagnon3
1Section of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.
NPJ breast cancer
|January 17, 2025
概括
与非西班牙裔白人或西班牙裔女性相比,患有乳腺癌的非西班牙裔黑人女性在医疗保健和日常生活中面临更多的歧视. 这突显了影响患者体验和潜在健康结果的重大差异.
科学领域:
- 在瘤学瘤学.
- 健康差异 在健康上的差异
- 社会医学科学 社会医学科学
背景情况:
- 歧视与不良健康结果有关,但乳腺癌患者中其患病率仍未得到充分研究.
- 了解患者的歧视经历对于解决健康不平等至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查患有I-III期乳腺癌的妇女所经历的歧视的普遍性和性质.
- 在乳腺癌患者群体中,比较跨种族和种族群体的歧视经历.
主要方法:
- 使用日常歧视量表进行的横截面调查对296名被诊断为I-III期乳腺癌的妇女进行了调查.
- 参与者包括非西班牙裔白人 (NHW),非西班牙裔黑人 (NHB) 和西班牙裔女性.
主要成果:
- 与非西班牙裔黑人妇女和西班牙裔妇女相比,非西班牙裔黑人妇女报告的日常歧视水平明显更高.
- 与NHW女性相比,NHB女性更频繁地报告被忽视,在医疗机构内受到不那么尊重和不那么礼貌的对待.
结论:
- 患有乳腺癌的非西班牙裔黑人女性在医疗保健和日常生活中面临更大的歧视负担.
- 进一步的研究对于阐明歧视对乳腺癌患者结果的影响至关重要.
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