Disparities in attention to HIV-prevention information
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19440037 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Allison Earl (0000-0001-6050-9333, corresponding author), Candi Crause, Awais Vaid (Urbana University), Dolores Albarracin (0000-0002-9878-942X) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 79-86 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | AIDS Care (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0954-0121 • E-ISSN: 1360-0451 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09540121.2015.1066747 |
| PMID | 26279308 |
| OpenAlex | W1951662155 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 13 |
Compared to European-Americans, African-Americans have greater probability of becoming infected with HIV, as well as worse outcomes when they become infected. Therefore, adequate health communications should ensure that they capture the attention of African-Americans and do not perpetuate disadvantages relative to European-Americans. The objective of this report was to examine if racial disparities in attention to health information parallel racial disparities in health outcomes. Participants were clients of a public health clinic (Study 1 n = 64; Study 2 n = 55). Unobtrusive observation in a public health waiting room, message reading times, and response-time on a modified flanker task were used to examine attention to HIV- and flu-information across racial groups. In Study 1, participants were observed for the duration of their time in a public health clinic waiting room (average duration: 31 min). In Study 2, participants completed tasks in a private room at the public health clinic (average duration: 21 min). Across all attention measures, results suggest an interaction between race and information type on attention to health information. In particular, African-Americans differentially attended to information as a function of information type, with decreased attention to HIV- versus flu-information. In contrast, European-Americans attended equally to both HIV- and flu-information. As such, disparities in attention yielded less access to certain health information for African- than European-Americans in a health setting. The identified disparities in attention are particularly problematic because they disadvantage African-Americans at a time of great effort to correct racial disparities. Modifying the framing of health information in ways that ensure attention by all racial groups may be a strategy to increase attention, and thereby reduce disparities in health outcomes. Future research should find solutions that increase attentional access to health communications for all groups
Disadvantage · Ethnic group · Health equity · Political science · Public health · Sociology · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Demography · Gender Studies · Medicine · Misinformation and Its Impacts · Nursing · Psychology · Gerontology
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| Citations per year | 0.88 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2023 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |