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Bias in the Counseling of Black Patients

Recruiting

The purpose of this project is to learn about the stereotypes and discriminatory treatment that Black patients encounter to develop communication skills training and tools for clinicians that reduces the likelihood that Black patients feel stereotyped and discriminated against. We will ask you to participate in a two-hour focus group, either in-person or virtually.

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Male or Female
This study is also accepting healthy volunteers
Inclusion Criteria:

• English speaking
• age 25 and older
• Black or African American
• born in the US or arrived in the US at age 5 or earlier
• received care for high blood pressure in the last year
• live in the Twins Cities Area
Exclusion Criteria:

• diagnosis of Cognitive impairment, dementia, or schizophrenia
• unable to see or unable to hear (hearing aids and glasses are fine)

Heart & Vascular

bias, discrimination, hypertension, racism

bias-okah Study - bias-okah@umn.edu
Ebiere Okah
STUDY00021309

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