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Table 2 Intervention strategies to reduce gender bias integrated into training content

From: Protocol for the pilot quasi-experimental controlled trial of a gender-responsive implementation strategy with providers to improve HIV outcomes in Uganda

1

Enhance internal motivation to respond without bias by making providers aware of their own biases and adopt more gender equitable attitudes

2

Increase awareness of societal gender inequity/bias by providing examples of gender bias and evidence of disparities in HIV care

3

Explain bias in the context of societal inequities influencing normal human thought processes

4

Increase perspective taking and empathy related to men and women’s gendered barriers to care via imagery and role-play of patient interactions

5

Encourage partnership building by reframing clinical encounter as consultative decision-making

6

Enhance provider confidence in counseling by increasing awareness of socialized gendered communication and teaching patient-centered communication skills and gender-transformative counseling skills to improve equitable communication with patients

7

Teach emotional self-regulation techniques (e.g., mindfulness) for application in clinical encounters