# Could Provider Bias Play a Role in Gynecological Health, Sexual Health and Gynecological Cancer Disparities Observed Among a Cohort of Non-English-Speaking Women with HIV living in Southern Florida?

## TL;DR

This study explores if language barriers affect the documentation of gynecological and sexual health data for women with HIV in Southern Florida.

## Contribution

The study investigates potential provider bias in medical documentation based on patients' linguistic preferences.

## Key findings

- Differences in documentation of gynecological and sexual health data were observed by linguistic preference.
- The study highlights disparities in data collection for non-English-speaking women with HIV.
- Findings suggest a need to address potential provider bias in medical record-keeping.

## Abstract

As part of an ongoing, prospective study developing an HIV adherence and engagement intervention for women in Southern Florida, we abstracted baseline demographic, psychosocial and medical history data charted in the participants’ electronic medical records. Several differences were observed, in terms of documentation of gynecological and sexual and health data by patients’ linguistic preference. The purpose of this quantitative, retrospective study was to test the differences of data documentation by linguistic group and comment on the findings.