Table 2.

Agenda for Future Research: Cultural Issues in Medication Adherence

• Impact of healthcare system reform on disparities in medication access and use

• Potential role of community healthcare workers and health coaches in promoting adherence

• Testing conceptual models of medication and illness in life context (vs. existing models of health beliefs and disease management behavior)

• Development of new measures to evaluate shared decision-making in clinician encounters

• Role of implicit bias and institutional racism in medical practice (e.g., physician–patient interactions, medication prescribing patterns)

• Impact of existing interventions to 1) promote cultural competence and 2) address implicit bias on healthcare practices, patient behaviors, and health outcomes