BIAS BUSTERS
Question: Health promoters assume that all young Latina women have the same attitudes toward contraception because of their culture. What type of bias does this demonstrate?
Cultural stereotyping
Question: In Trout et al. (2018), what is the name of the community-based suicide prevention program that uses learning circles to discuss research and encourage local action?
PC CARES (Promoting Community Conversations About Research to End Suicide)
Question: A sexual health program uses the exact same contraception message for every young person, regardless of their social or cultural circumstances. What important principle of health promotion is being overlooked?
Health promotion should consider people's different social and cultural contexts rather than assuming a universal approach works equally for everyone.
Question: A medical school teaches students about Indigenous health equity, but students witness discriminatory treatment of Indigenous patients during clinical placements. What concept does this illustrate?
The hidden curriculum
Question: According to Jones et al. (2019), why is adding a single Indigenous health lecture not enough to decolonize medical education?
Decolonization requires changes to institutional policies, practices, and power structures, not just classroom content.
Question: A public health campaign focuses entirely on telling Māori communities to lose weight. According to Warbrick et al. (2019), what would be a more appropriate approach?
An Indigenous-led, culturally grounded approach that avoids weight stigma and addresses racism and wider determinants of health.
Question: A public health campaign blames Māori communities for obesity and encourages weight loss without addressing racism or Indigenous perspectives. What is the main problem with this approach?
It reinforces weight stigma and racism while overlooking Indigenous knowledge and solutions.
Question: Researchers develop an Indigenous youth suicide prevention program and decide all its activities without community input. Based on Trout et al. (2018), what should change to make the program more decolonial?
Indigenous community members should lead decisions, interpret research alongside their own knowledge and experiences, and determine locally appropriate prevention actions.
Question: Researchers distribute a suicide prevention pamphlet to an Indigenous community without involving community members in interpreting the evidence or planning prevention activities. Based on Trout (2018), what is missing from this approach?
Community-led dialogue and Indigenous self-determination in interpreting research and deciding how to use it.