Family physicians' beliefs about genetic contributions to racial/ethnic and gender differences in health and clinical decision-making |
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Authors: | Warshauer-Baker Esther Bonham Vence L Jenkins Jean Stevens Nancy Page Zintesia Odunlami Adebola McBride Colleen M |
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Affiliation: | Social and Behavioral Research Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-0249, USA. |
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Abstract: | 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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