Genetic counselors' implicit racial attitudes and their relationship to communication.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Implicit racial attitudes are thought to shape interpersonal interactions and may contribute to health-care disparities. This study explored the relationship between genetic counselors' implicit racial attitudes and their communication during simulated genetic counseling sessions.

Method

A nationally representative sample of genetic counselors completed a web-based survey that included the Race Implicit Association Test (IAT; Greenwald, McGhee, & Schwartz, 1998; Cooper et al., 2012). A subset of these counselors (n = 67) had participated in an earlier study in which they were video recorded counseling Black, Hispanic, and non-Hispanic White SCs about their prenatal or cancer risks. The counselors' IAT scores were related to their session communications through robu

SUBMITTER: Schaa KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4945109 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature