American Geriatrics Society, New York, New York, USA.
Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics & Aging, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, USA.
J Am Geriatr Soc. 2021 Apr;69(4):892-895. doi: 10.1111/jgs.17053. Epub 2021 Feb 9.
The American Geriatrics Society is committed to taking purposeful steps to address racism in health care, given its impact on older adults, their families, and our communities. In fall 2020, AGS added a statement to our vision for the future, which reflects that our commitment is central to mission: "We all are supported by and able to contribute to communities where ageism, ableism, classism, homophobia, racism, sexism, xenophobia, and other forms of bias and discrimination no longer impact healthcare access, quality, and outcomes for older adults and their caregivers." In 2021, we will be working to flesh out a multi-year, multi-pronged initiative that addresses the intersection of structural racism and ageism in health care. This will include engaging members in identifying strategies and with the goal of increasing member engagement around the idea that it will take all of us working together to achieve our vision for a collective future that is free of discrimination and bias. The Society has set as the first objective that by 2031, 100% of research presented at the AGS Annual Scientific Meeting and published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) will reflect the diversity of the population being studied. Other immediate efforts include undertaking a complete update of the Geriatrics Cultural Navigator, development of corresponding public education materials, and a webinar series focused on helping us all understand our own implicit bias, recognize implicit and explicit bias, and consider actions that we each might take to address bias when we observe it.
美国老年医学会致力于采取有针对性的措施来解决医疗保健领域的种族主义问题，因为种族主义对老年人、他们的家庭和我们的社区都有影响。2020 年秋季，AGS 在我们对未来的愿景中增加了一项声明，反映了我们的承诺是使命的核心：“我们都得到了各个社区的支持，并能够为这些社区做出贡献，在这些社区中，年龄歧视、能力歧视、阶级歧视、同性恋恐惧症、种族主义、性别歧视、仇外心理和其他形式的偏见和歧视不再影响老年人及其护理人员的医疗保健机会、质量和结果。”2021 年，我们将努力制定一项多年、多方面的倡议，解决医疗保健中结构性种族主义和年龄歧视的交叉问题。这将包括让会员参与确定策略，并致力于增加会员对以下观点的参与度，即只有我们大家共同努力，才能实现我们对一个没有歧视和偏见的集体未来的愿景。该学会将其作为第一个目标，即到 2031 年，在 AGS 年度科学会议上提交和发表在《美国老年医学学会杂志》（JAGS）上的 100%的研究将反映出研究对象的人口多样性。其他即时努力包括对老年医学文化导航仪进行全面更新、开发相应的公共教育材料以及一个网络研讨会系列，重点帮助我们所有人了解自己的隐性偏见、认识隐性和显性偏见，并考虑我们每个人在观察到偏见时可能采取的行动来解决偏见。
