Islamophobia impairs Muslim Americans’ trust in and use of health care

Evidence

At an interpersonal level, Islamophobiabased stereotype threat can adversely affect the patient–provider relationship by producing impaired communication, discounted provider information, or failure to obtain medical care. In a qualitative study, Muslim immigrant women expressed discomfort with their health care providers. Muslim Americans may fear obtaining services or feel misunderstood by health care providers. — Goleen Samari, Islamophobia and Public Health in the…, 48

Categorization

• ADDENDUM: Supports the mechanism-level evidence behind mistrust barriers, a related follow-up to the health-care-access thread in ‘On Sacrifice’ and the infrastructure piece’s framing of social systems as underused structures.

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