OHIO professors examine physician bias and stigma toward individuals who misuse opioids
Published: February 26, 2021
Author: Samantha Pelham
OHIO's College of Health Sciences and Professions' School of Nursing collaborated in 2018 on developing a virtual reality Narcan simulation that helps teach students how to administer Narcan in a crisis situation when someone is suffering from an opioid overdose.
Professors Franz and Dhanani suggest that educating health care professionals and students, like seen above, can help create more awareness of biases and more accessible services.
Ohio University professors Berkeley Franz, Ph.D., and Lindsay Dhanani, Ph.D., have continued their research examining how psychology and public health intersect, this time analyzing the effects of physician bias and stigma toward people who misuse opioids.