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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-3-31
pubmed:abstractText
Despite the salience of health disparities in media and policy discourse, little previous research has investigated if imagery associating an illness with a certain racial group influences public perceptions. This study evaluated the influence of the media's presentation of the causes of type 2 diabetes and its implicit racial associations on attitudes toward people with diabetes and preferences toward research spending. Survey participants who viewed an article on genetic causation or social determinants of diabetes were more likely to support increased government spending on research than those viewing an article with no causal language, while participants viewing an article on behavioral choices were more likely to attribute negative stereotypes to people with diabetes. Participants who viewed a photo of a black woman accompanying the article were less likely to endorse negative stereotypes than those viewing a photo of a white woman, but those who viewed a photo of a glucose-testing device expressed the lowest negative stereotypes. The effect of social determinants language was significantly different for blacks and whites, lowering stereotypes only among blacks. Emphasizing the behavioral causes of diabetes, as is common in media coverage, may perpetuate negative stereotypes. While drawing attention to the social determinants that shape these behaviors could mitigate stereotypes, this strategy is unlikely to influence the public uniformly.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1527-1927
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
35
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
921-59
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:21451158-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:21451158-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:21451158-African Continental Ancestry Group, pubmed-meshheading:21451158-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:21451158-Attitude to Health, pubmed-meshheading:21451158-Consumer Satisfaction, pubmed-meshheading:21451158-Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, pubmed-meshheading:21451158-European Continental Ancestry Group, pubmed-meshheading:21451158-Female, pubmed-meshheading:21451158-Health Services Research, pubmed-meshheading:21451158-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:21451158-Male, pubmed-meshheading:21451158-Mass Media, pubmed-meshheading:21451158-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:21451158-Photography, pubmed-meshheading:21451158-Public Opinion, pubmed-meshheading:21451158-Socioeconomic Factors, pubmed-meshheading:21451158-Stereotyping, pubmed-meshheading:21451158-United States, pubmed-meshheading:21451158-Young Adult
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Images of illness: how causal claims and racial associations influence public preferences toward diabetes research spending.
pubmed:affiliation
University of Minnesota, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural