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Participation in Biomedical Research Studies and Cancer Screenings: Perceptions of Risks to Minorities Compared with Whites
- Source :
- Cancer Control. 15:344-351
- Publication Year :
- 2008
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publications, 2008.
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Abstract
- Background: This analysis was conducted to determine whether there is a difference among blacks, Hispanics, and whites in their perception of risks associated with participating in either a biomedical study or a cancer screening. Methods: The Tuskegee Legacy Project Questionnaire, which focused on research subject participation, was administered in two different surveys (1999-2000 and 2003) in seven cities. The Cancer Screening Questionnaire was administered in 2003 in three cities. Results: The study sample across the three surveys consisted of 1,064 blacks, 781 Hispanics, and 1,598 non-Hispanic whites. Response rates ranged from 44% to 70% by city. Logistic regression analyses, adjusted for age, sex, education, income, and city, revealed that blacks and Hispanics each self-reported that minorities, compared with whites, are more likely to be "taken advantage of" in biomedical studies and much less likely to get a "thorough and careful examination" in a cancer screening (odds ratios ranged from 3.6 to 14.2). Conclusions: Blacks and Hispanics perceive equally high levels of risk for participating in cancer screening examinations and for volunteering to become research subjects in biomedical studies. This perception provides a strong message about the need to overtly address this critical health disparities issue.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Gerontology
Biomedical Research
Research Subjects
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Black People
Logistic regression
White People
Article
Neoplasms
Perception
Cancer screening
medicine
Humans
Mass Screening
Patient participation
Mass screening
Aged
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business.industry
Cancer
Hispanic or Latino
Hematology
General Medicine
Odds ratio
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Health equity
Logistic Models
Oncology
Female
Patient Participation
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 10732748
- Volume :
- 15
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Cancer Control
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....7253bb68318b9effc023fb52ccbd677a