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ASSESS YOUR KNOWLEDGE
Based on your understanding of challenges for healthcare providers in treating obese
Hispanic/Latina and African American women with OA, please answer the following questions.
1.
Obese individuals:
A. Generally have learned to accept their negative body self-image.
B. Often experience implicit anti-obesity bias from doctors and nurses.
C. Are usually lazy and lack motivation to lose weight.
D. All of the above.
2.
The concept of using the ability to acknowledge gaps in one’s knowledge and an
openness to new ideas, contradictory information, and advice in order to develop cultural
competence is called:
A. Cultural humility.
B. Acculturation.
C. Cultural mastery.
D. Micro-affirmations.
3.
It’s important to identify and address implicit biases because they can predict
discriminatory behavior if not managed and changed.
A. True
B. False.
FEEDBACK
1.
B – Often experience implicit anti-obesity bias from doctors and nurses. Many studies,
based on the Weight IAT, have confirmed that anti-obesity bias is as prevalent in health
professionals as in the general population.
2.
A – Cultural humility. Cultural humility provides a supportive framework for developing
cultural competence by using the ability to acknowledge gaps in one’s knowledge and an
openness to new ideas, contradictory information, and advice.
3.
A – True. Implicit bias may predict discrimination behavior even among individuals who
have no intention to discriminate. Implicit biases are quite malleable once there is a
desire to change