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Based on this research, several authors argue that there is an intense need for cultural competence education in healthcare for explicit racism and implicit biases. [7] Cultural incompetence exists for a number of reasons such as lack of diversity in medical education and lack of diverse members of medical school student and faculty populations.
With the growth of women's sports and more women's teams being introduced the amount of female coaches shrank. [61] By 1988, looking at Canada specifically, only 14 percent of national level head coaches and assistant coaches were women, [62] an 85:15 ratio is considered skewed. The lack of women in coaching has been understood through many ...
This history of racial tension in the competition between whites and minority groups shows an attempt to prove the humanity, equality, and even occasionally their superiority on the playing field. By doing so, groups of minorities hoped that sports would serve as a source for racial pride that would eventually lead to upward social mobility.
By 2005, more than 25% of physicians and around 50% of medical school students were women. The increase of women in medicine also came with an increase of women identifying as a racial/ethnic minority, yet this population is still largely underrepresented in comparison to the general population of the medical field. [60]
Before she cut the air on the world’s biggest sporting stage with head-spinning, gravity-defying moves, Logan Edra, aka B-Girl Logistx, held herself with a razor-sharp focus.
Racism in sports has been a prevalent issue throughout the world. The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) released a report in 2007 [ 1 ] stating that racial abuse and vilification are commonplace in international sports, in places such as Australia, Europe, and America.
Underrepresented groups in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in the United States include women [1] and some minorities.In the United States, women made up 50% of the college-educated workers in 2010, but only 28% of the science and engineering workers.
Three major mechanisms are suggested by the Institute of Medicine that may contribute to healthcare disparities from the provider's side: bias (or prejudice) against racial and ethnic minorities; greater clinical uncertainty when interacting with minority patients; and beliefs held by the provider about the behavior or health of minorities. [126]