Institutional racism is a set of practices and policies that disadvantage individuals not part of societies' dominant groups. In academic health centers (AHCs), institutional racism mediates structural racism; it is embedded in institutional policies, clinical practice, health professional training, and biomedical research. Measuring institutional racism in AHCs at the individual, intra-organizational, and extra-organizational levels renders visible how AHCs mediate structural racism by implementing policies that unfairly treat minority groups.
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Adkins-Jackson, P. B., Legha, R. K., & Jones, K. A. (2021, February 1). How to measure racism in academic health centers. AMA Journal of Ethics. American Medical Association. https://doi.org/10.1001/AMAJETHICS.2021.140
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