Grant: Travel Awards - Institute Community Support

The Racism and Health Working Group at a Toronto Academic Family Health Team conducted a scoping review to identify anti-racism interventions in health care settings in order to inform next steps at the institution. The objective of this group is to address racism, as a social determinant of health and improve the health and wellbeing of patients, trainees and staff. Through a scoping review of the literature, we seek to gain a better understanding of the existing policies, programs and quality improvement initiatives on addressing racism in health care organizations. There are a range of anti-racism initiatives and strategies in health care institutions including organizational change (e.g. leadership buy-in), appropriate development and training for staff and students (e.g. educational workshops and curricula), policies and practices (e.g. racial equity hiring policies). A key challenge identified was creating sustainable change. This research is critical to synthesize the existing literature on anti-racism interventions in health care settings. By mapping existing interventions we can elicit lessons learned in other institutions to take evidence-informed action. These findings have practical implications for other health care and public health institutions interested in intervening on racism as a social determinant of health.