Distrust, Race and Research

dc.contributor.authorCorbie-Smith, G.
dc.contributor.authorThomas, S.
dc.contributor.authorSt. George, D.
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-14T14:59:06Z
dc.date.available2019-08-14T14:59:06Z
dc.date.issued2002
dc.description.abstractBackground: Investigators have voiced concerns that distrust of research and the medical community inpedes successful recruitment of African Americans into clinical research. Objective: To examine possible differences in distrust by race and to determine to what extent other sociodemographic factors explain any racial differences in distrust. Methods: We analyzed data from 527 African American and 382 white respondents of a national telephone survey on participation in clinical research. Our main outcome was a 7-item index of distrust. Results: African American respondents were more likely that white respondents not to trust that their physicians would fully explain research participation (41.7% vs 23.4%,P<.01)and to state that they believed their physicians exposed them to unnecessary risks (45.5% vs 34.8%,P<.01). African American respondents had a significantly higher mean distrust index score than white respondents(3.1 vs 1.8,P<.01). After controlling for other sociodemographic variables in a logistic regression model, race remained strongly associated with a highter distrust score (prevalence odds ratio, 4.7;95% confidence interval,2.9-7.7). Conclusions: Even after controlling for markers of social class, African Americans were less trusting than white Americans. Racial differences in disturst have important implications for investigation as they engage African Americans in research.
dc.description.urihttp://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/162/21/2458
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/xip6-zeaf
dc.identifier.citationCorbie-Smith, G. and Thomas, S. and St. George, D. (2002) Distrust, Race and Research. Archives of Internal Medicine, 162. pp. 2458-2463.
dc.identifier.otherEprint ID 354
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/22497
dc.subjectmethodologies
dc.subjectoutreach
dc.subjectPractice
dc.subjectHealth
dc.subjectRace
dc.subjectDistrust
dc.subjectResearch
dc.subjectMethodologies
dc.subjectOutreach
dc.titleDistrust, Race and Research
dc.typeArticle

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