Harvard Implicit Association News Today

By analyzing data from the Harvard Implicit Association Test-;a widely accepted measure of a person's attitudes toward people based on characteristics like race, gender, and sexuality-;researchers find that healthcare professionals, and in particular nurses, are more biased against transgender people than are people who are not healthcare professionals.

A little over a year ago, I attended a virtual conference called the “Nudges in Health Care Symposium.” For the uninitiated, the term “nudging” refers to the practice, via various mechanisms, of deliberately altering an individual’s choices, structuring her so-called “choice architecture” without her awareness. In doing so, it is intended as a way to allow individuals to make decisions that benefit them that they otherwise might not have made.

If we want Indiana to have better health outcomes for its residents, we have to come up with creative solutions. We can do that — if we work together.