Labor & Delivery EBP Project: Reducing Implicit Bias in Nursing as a Way to Decrease Maternal Racial Health Disparities and Improve Outcomes

Authors

Julianne Andreades, MaineHealthFollow
Robin Illian, MaineHealthFollow

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Description

Introduction/Background:

• Maternal mortality for Black birthing people in the United States is 3X higher than it is for white birthing people (CDC, 2022).

• Racism, including implicit bias, is a driver of these disparities (CDC, 2022).

• Research has shown that clinicians' implicit bias, defined as unconscious attitudes and beliefs that impact behaviors, affects treatment decisions and patient outcomes (Groves et al., 2021 and Siden et al., 2022).

Publication Date

10-2024

Publisher

MaineHealth

City

Portland, Maine

Keywords

Labor & Delivery, Nurse Residency, Nursing, Maternal Racial Health Disparities, Maternal Mortality

Disciplines

Nursing

Comments

Nurse Residency Cohort 21

Recommended Citation

Andreades, Julianne and Illian, Robin, "Labor & Delivery EBP Project: Reducing Implicit Bias in Nursing as a Way to Decrease Maternal Racial Health Disparities and Improve Outcomes" (2024). Nurse Residency. 30.
https://knowledgeconnection.mainehealth.org/nurseresidency/30