种族少数群体患者在皮肤病私人诊所网站上的代表性
Jewell Dinkins1, Micah G Pascual2, Megan Aguilera2
1Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN, USA.
Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities
|July 1, 2024
概括
皮肤病学网站往往缺乏反映当地种族多样性的图像. 这种代表性不足可能会阻止少数群体患者寻求必要的护肤服务.
科学领域:
- 皮肤病学 皮肤病学
- 健康 公平 卫生 公平
- 数字表示数字表示.
背景情况:
- 网站图像在患者的感知和参与中起着至关重要的作用.
- 医疗保健环境中的种族和民族多样性是日益关注的重点领域.
- 在线存在是潜在的皮肤病患者的主要接触点.
研究的目的:
- 评估私人实践皮肤病学网站上描绘的种族多样性.
- 将网站图像与大都市地区的人口统计数据进行比较.
- 确定对代表性不足的少数群体提供护理的潜在障碍.
主要方法:
- 利用谷歌地图扫描器 (Apify) 识别美国27个不同大都市地区的皮肤病诊所.
- 分析了每个领域的前10个搜索列表网站的首页.
- 量化了网站图像中非白人患者和提供者的代表性.
主要成果:
- 只有两个网站提到"肤色皮肤"或"种族皮肤";七个使用非英语语言.
- 与人口普查数据相比,非白人患者和提供者比例明显较低 (p < 0.001).
- 网站图像并没有反映调查的大都市地区的种族多样性.
结论:
- 皮肤病网站主页图像经常无法反映当地居民的种族多样性.
- 这种缺乏代表性可能会阻止少数群体患者获得皮肤病治疗.
- 皮肤科医生应该确保他们的在线存在具有包容性和代表性.
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