皮肤颜色在传染病中的表现 教科书 教科书
Jessica Thornton1, Allison Giuffre1, Sarah Donohue2
1Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
Open forum infectious diseases
|December 16, 2024
概括
医学教科书低估了黑色肤色,可能会加剧健康不平等. 研究表明,与社会耻辱相关的疾病在传染病文本中不成比例地被描绘在较黑的皮肤上.
科学领域:
- 医学教育 医学教育
- 皮肤病学 皮肤病学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 医学教科书在塑造临床理解和实践方面发挥着至关重要的作用.
- 在教育材料中较暗肤色的代表性不足,可能导致诊断和治疗差异.
- 现有的文献表明,医学图像中普遍缺乏多样性.
研究的目的:
- 量化不同肤色在传染病医学教科书中的表现.
- 为了比较各种皮肤色的污名化与非污名化疾病的描述.
- 识别与皮肤颜色相关的医学教育材料中的潜在偏见.
主要方法:
- 系统审查和图像分析传染病教科书.
- 疾病的分类基于社会耻辱的关联.
- 对不同肤色的图像流行率的定量评估.
主要成果:
- 描述与社会耻辱相关的情况的图像被发现在较深色肤色的人群中更为常见.
- 在教科书图像中,较暗的皮肤色调与较浅的皮肤色调相比,通常代表性不足.
- 这种差异表明医学文献中疾病的视觉表现存在偏见.
结论:
- 传染病教科书表现出皮肤色调的偏见,特别是在污名化疾病方面.
- 这种代表性不足和偏见的描述可能会延续健康不平等,并影响临床培训.
- 在教科书中对医学图像进行多样化的建议对于公平的医学教育至关重要.
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