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The study aims to synthesize the scope of racism in healthcare facilities across various populations in Latin America.

April 11, 2026Health Policy and PlanningOpen Access

The pervasiveness of racism in healthcare facilities in Latin America: A scoping review

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The study aims to synthesize the scope of racism in healthcare facilities across various populations in Latin America.
Conducted a scoping review following PRISMA guidelines.
Searched databases like PubMed, EBSCOhost, and EMBASE for peer-reviewed studies from 2015 to 2025.
Included studies addressing racism during clinical encounters in healthcare settings.
Retained 70 studies from 15 countries, primarily Brazil and Mexico, for thematic analysis.
Racism appears in three forms: institutional, personally mediated, and internalized.
Racialized populations face delayed diagnoses and inadequate treatments.
Language barriers and discriminatory triage contribute to health inequities.
Structural and intersectional factors exacerbate health impacts on marginalized individuals.

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This scoping review maps the prevalence of racism in healthcare facilities in Latin America, revealing systemic bias against Indigenous and Afrodescendant populations.

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Castro et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d9e67a78050d08c1b76ea3 https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czag050

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This scoping review maps the prevalence of racism in healthcare facilities in Latin America, revealing systemic bias against Indigenous and Afrodescendant populations.

The pervasiveness of racism in healthcare facilities in Latin America: A scoping review

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The pervasiveness of racism in healthcare facilities in Latin America: A scoping review

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