Family Physicians’ Beliefs about Genetic Contributions to Racial/Ethnic and Gender Differences in Health and Clinical Decision-Making | Zendy

Esther Warshauer-Baker | Zendy; Vence L. Bonham | Zendy; Jean Jenkins | Zendy; Nancy Stevens | Zendy; Zintesia Page | Zendy; Adebola Odunlami | Zendy; Colleen M. McBride | Zendy

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Family Physicians’ Beliefs about Genetic Contributions to Racial/Ethnic and Gender Differences in Health and Clinical Decision-Making

Author(s) -

Esther Warshauer-Baker,

Vence L. Bonham,

Jean Jenkins,

Nancy Stevens,

Zintesia Page,

Adebola Odunlami,

Colleen M. McBride

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

public health genomics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.701

H-Index - 51

eISSN - 1662-8063

pISSN - 1662-4246

DOI - 10.1159/000133307

Subject(s) - ethnic group , race and health , race (biology) , health equity , medicine , psychology , gerontology , public health , nursing , sociology , gender studies , anthropology

Greater attention towards genetics as a contributor to group health differences may lead to inappropriate use of race/ethnicity and gender as genetic heuristics and exacerbate health disparities. As part of a web-based survey, 1,035 family physicians (FPs) rated the contribution of genetics and environment to racial/ethnic and gender differences in health outcomes, and the importance of race/ethnicity and gender in their clinical decision-making. FPs attributed racial/ethnic and gender differences in health outcomes equally to environment and genetics. These beliefs were not associated with rated importance of race/ethnicity or gender in clinical decision-making. FPs appreciate the complexity of genetic and environmental influences on health differences by race/ethnicity and gender.

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