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Bill Would Force The Department of Veterans Affairs to Overhaul Suicide Prevention Algorithm That Favors White Men. (themarkup.org)

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[–] Jackthelad@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It would be, but is that what's happening?

The article seemed to mention men and women, but nothing to do with race apart from the headline.

[–] GetOffMyLan@programming.dev 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

after an investigation by The Fuller Project and The Markup found the department’s algorithm prioritized White, male veterans. It also gave preference to veterans who are “divorced and male” and “widowed and male” but not to any group of female veterans.

[–] Nindelofocho@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Im really curious on how and why it prioritizes it at all. Im probably ignorant to this but shouldn’t it just be if you are a veteran and you need help, you get it? Anything less than that would be inequity ?

[–] GetOffMyLan@programming.dev 7 points 2 days ago

I'm guessing they have limited resources for direct intervention so use this to flag up people who have the most risk factors.

It doesn't sound like this is people asking for help but more trying to predict who might need it.