Patient Care Resources
The following resources - from videos to informative articles, from team training materials to welcoming clinic materials - address DEI in the patient care setting and how to foster an inclusive environment for patients.
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- Health Care Provider Education
- LGBTQIA+ Care
- Rural-Urban Care Disparities
- Cancer Care in Those with Disabilities
Health Care Provider Education
Why We Ask Each Other Our Pronouns
This Human Rights Campaign resource offers information on developing a basic understanding of the how and why of utilizing correct pronouns for patient care.
The Effects of Oncologist Implicit Racial Bias in Racially Discordant Oncology Interactions
"Health providers’ implicit racial bias negatively affects communication and patient reactions to many medical interactions. However, its effects on racially discordant oncology interactions are largely unknown. Thus, we examined whether oncologist implicit racial bias has similar effects in oncology interactions."
Improving Health Equity: The Role of the Oncology Advanced Practitioner in Managing Implicit Bias
"This manuscript explores the concept of implicit bias (IB) and reviews evidence examining the clinical impact of IB in the oncology setting. Strategies for identifying and mitigating IB are explored. Highlights include the use of the Implicit Association Test and emotional intelligence. Advanced practice implications are discussed and range from self-improvement to organizational transformation."
Together, Equitable, Accessible, Meaningful (Team) Training
"This training aims to improve health equity by supporting organizational changes at the systems level." (CE not available for pharmacists)
Anti-racism in Oncology video series
"Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center partnered with the Cierra Sisters, a Seattle-based patient advocacy group, to produce a series of short videos to acknowledge and address the racism many women of color experience while dealing with breast cancer."
How to Come Out to Your Doctor as an LGBT Patient
"Two physicians, both LGBT health advocates, explain why sharing [your sexual orientation or gender identity] is vital to your health, and how up-to-date health care practices make openness routine."
Racial Disparities in the Ascertainment of Cancer Recurrence in Electronic Health Records
"There is growing interest in using computable phenotypes or proxies to identify important clinical outcomes, such as cancer recurrence, in rich electronic health records data. However, the race/ethnicity-specific accuracies of these proxies remain unclear. We examined whether the accuracy of a proxy for colorectal cancer (CRC) recurrence differed by race/ethnicity and the possible mechanisms that drove the differences."
How Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Can Influence Healthcare
"DEI has been a recent focus for businesses and organizations across the world, but perhaps none stand to make a greater impact than the healthcare industry, as it directly and profoundly affects patient health outcomes and quality of life."
The Importance of Diversity and Inclusion in the Healthcare Workforce
The following article explores "efforts by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME), the Institute of Medicine (IOM), and other medical organizations to improve diversity and inclusion in medicine. Finally, we report on best practices, frameworks, and strategies which have been utilized to improve diversity and inclusion in healthcare."
LGBTQIA+ Care
Improving the Car of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer People with Cancer Through Transformational Approaches
"People treated for cancer face threats to their well-being and survival, but the unequal cancer burden among LGBTQ people must and can be addressed. While LGBTQ populations are not monolithic, a concerted effort to transform care is necessary."
What Oncologists Should Know About Treating Sexual and Gender Minority Patients with Cancer
"This clinical review offers insight into the health disparities experienced by sexual and gender minority individuals and strategies for improving the clinical encounter and creating a welcoming environment."
LGBTQI+ People and Cancer
This resource from Cancer Council NSW provides healthcare providers information on how cancer may impact LGBTQI+ individuals - including information on challenges, key questions, dealing with discrimination, life after treatment, and more.
Welcoming Spaces: Treating Your LGBTQ+ Patients
These educational courses offer "LGBTQ+ Cultural Humility training designed for anyone who works in healthcare and specifically for clinicians treating gynecologic cancer in transgender and gender non-conforming patients and their staffs."
Cancer Care Considerations for Sexual and Gender Minority Patients
This introductory article discusses how a "lack of knowledge among healthcare professional regarding the degree of stigma, bias, and unique challenges faced by sexual ad gender minorities impacts all aspects of cancer care," and how to work toward improving that inadequacy.
Practice Patient-Centered Care Posters
This GW Cancer Center page offers provider materials for use in a clinic, aiming to "improve the productivity of patient-provider interactions to promote equitable, accessible and patient-centered care that results in better health outcomes for those impacted by cancer."
You Are Welcome Here Posters
This GW Cancer Center page offers provider materials for use in a clinic, reminding "patients of all backgrounds, identities and national origins that they are welcome in your organization."
Caring for LGBTQ+ Individuals
This page offers several resources and materials helpful for clinicians and researchers on "the unique challenges confronted by SGM populations in the context of cancer."
LGBTQI+ Support Resources
"This information describes support resources available to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI+) patients and their loved ones."
LGBTQIA+ and Allies Engagement Group
This page, cultivated by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, provides a number of engagement resources and links for both patients and healthcare teams.
Rural-Urban Care Disparities
Rural-Urban Disparities in Cancer
The following link offers a thorough and visually-minded introduction to rural-urban cancer care discrepancies in the United States.
Strategies to Address Low Health Literacy and Numeracy in Diabetes
This Clinical Diabetes article provides strategies for education and communication for patients with literacy and numeracy issues.
Closing the Rural Cancer Care Gap: Three Institutional Approaches
This article offers practical, real-world examples of approaches to closing the cancer care gap between urban and rural settings.
Cancer Care in Those with Disabilities
Disability Disparities in Cancer Care
The following link from the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) Voice provides information on overcoming barriers and biases to deliver accommodating, patient-centered care, as well as a list of resources for professionals.
