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 |