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(June 9, 2020)<\/p>\n

By: Len Gillis, Sudbury.com<\/p>\n

Ontario Health Coalition cites numerous studies showing the amount of pain relief can depend on a person\u2019s skin tone<\/p>\n

The amount of pain relief a person receives can often depend on their skin tone, stated a report by the Ontario Health Coalition released this month, citing studies from several journals.<\/p>\n

The findings of these studies show racism is a public health crisis in Ontario, said a statement and some statistics provided by the\u00a0Ontario Health Coalition<\/a><\/span>\u00a0(OHC). The OHC is a lobbying and advocacy group that promotes universal public health care in Canada.<\/p>\n

The group released a statement on June 5 in support of the rising protests against what it called anti-black racism.<\/p>\n

“Across Canada and the United States, and around the world, health sector organizations are declaring anti-Black (OHC has chosen to capitalize, which Sudbury.com has preserved in quotes) racism a public health crisis,” said the OHC statement. \u201cWe support this declaration and add our voices to it. Anti-Black racism is also a violation of fundamental human rights, of core principles of justice and is a grave threat to democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is similar to the\u00a0statement released last week by Public Health Sudbury and Districts<\/a><\/span>, the official public health agency for Sudbury and surrounding communities. That statement, signed by Medical Officer of Health Penny Sutcliffe said racism and oppression causes poor mental health as well as affecting physical health.<\/p>\n

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OHC also revealed there are more people of colour living in Toronto neighbourhoods that have the highest rates of coronavirus infections. The statement also cited a study about pain treatment for black people being less than what has been provided for white people.<\/p>\n

“Black people are routinely denied access to the health care services that are a basic human right,\u201d OHC stated. \u201cBlack children are given lower levels of pain management as white children. Black women receive cervical cancer screening at lower rates than any other population group. People suffering from sickle cell anemia are treated as drug seekers.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople living with mental health conditions are turned away or offered culturally unsafe healthcare, leading to increased rates of suicide and suffering.\u201d<\/p>\n

The statement also quoted a recent Twitter thread from\u00a0Dr. Amit Arya<\/a><\/span>\u00a0of Toronto that suggested evidence of racial bias in pain management.<\/p>\n

Arya cited numerous studies in the Twitter thread he produced, showing:<\/p>\n

A 20-year meta-analysis and systematic review revealed\u00a0black patients were 22 percent less likely than white patients to receive any pain medication<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

Black patients with painful injuries such as fractures, burns or penetrating injuries were\u00a0less likely to receive pre-hospital pain management<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

Ethnic minority patients with metastatic cancer were\u00a0three times less likely to receive adequate pain management<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

About half of white medical students and residents endorsed incorrect racist beliefs about black patients (eg. Black skin is thicker than white skin).\u00a0This led to lower rating of Black patients\u2019 pain and undertreatment.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Historically violent and cruel \u201cexperiments\u201d were done to prove racist beliefs<\/span><\/a>\u00a0that differences between black and white people were more than cultural \u2013 rather black people were biologically different, and had thicker skin.<\/p>\n

Nowadays, biological racism has become less socially acceptable.\u00a0It has largely been replaced by implicit bias<\/a><\/span>\u00a0\u2013 thoughts and feelings outside of conscious awareness, which directly affect clinical decision making.<\/p>\n

Arya’s statement also suggested that raced-based data should be collected in health care treatment so as to measure health quality and equity.<\/p>\n

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