ArticleSocial science & medicine (1982)2017
"I don't believe it." Acceptance and skepticism of genetic health information among African-American and White smokers.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.
- Citizens' Attitudes, Knowledge, and Educational Needs in the Field of Omics Sciences: A Systematic Literature Review.Frontiers in genetics · 2020Pooled it
- The Effects of Website Traits and Medical Skepticism on Patients' Willingness to Follow Web-Based Medical Advice: Web-Based Experiment.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Trial
- Cognitive and Affective Responses to Mass-media Based Genetic Risk Information in a Socio-demographically Diverse Sample of Smokers.Journal of health communication · 2019Trial
- Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of Gene-Environment Interaction Research.Genetic epidemiology · 2025Review
- Testing Explanations for Skepticism of Personalized Risk Information.Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making · 2023Article
- Readiness to Accept Genetic Testing for Personalized Medicine: Survey Findings on the Role of Socio-Demographic Characteristics, Health Vulnerabilities, Perceived Genetic Risk and Personality Factors.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022Article
- Investigating the Efficacy of Genetic, Environmental, and Multifactorial Risk Information When Communicating Obesity Risk to Parents of Young Children.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2021Article
- The association between professional stratification and use of online sources: Evidence from the National Dental Practice-Based Research Network.Journal of information science · 2021Article
- In-vivo design feedback and perceived utility of a genetically-informed smoking risk tool among current smokers in the community.BMC medical genomics · 2021Article
- Translating Cancer Risk Prediction Models into Personalized Cancer Risk Assessment Tools: Stumbling Blocks and Strategies for Success.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2020Article
- Participatory Design of a Personalized Genetic Risk Tool to Promote Behavioral Health.Cancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2020Article
- Applying Mental Model Methods to Characterize Understanding of Gene-Environment Influences: The Case of Podoconiosis in Ethiopia.Critical public health · 2019Article
- Smokers' unprompted comments on cigarette additives during conversations about the genetic basis for nicotine addiction: a focus group study.BMC public health · 2018Article
- Toward the implementation of genomic applications for smoking cessation and smoking-related diseases.Translational behavioral medicine · 2018Review
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Abstract
rationaleEffective translation of genomics research into practice depends on public acceptance of genomics-related health information.
objectiveTo explore how smokers come to accept or reject information about the relationship between genetics and nicotine addiction.
methodsThirteen focus groups (N = 84) were stratified by education (seven < Bachelor's degree, six ≥ Bachelor's degree) and race (eight black, five white). Participants viewed a 1-min video describing the discovery of a genetic variant associated with increased risk of nicotine addiction and lung cancer. Next, they provided their opinions about the information. Two coders analyzed the data using grounded theory.
resultsPre-video knowledge about why people smoke cigarettes and what genetic risk means informed beliefs about the relationship between genes and addiction. These beliefs were not always consistent with biomedical explanations, but formed the context through which participants processed the video's information. This, in turn, led to information acceptance or skepticism. Participants explained their reactions in terms of the scientific merits of the research and used their existing knowledge and beliefs to explain their acceptance of or skepticism about the information.
conclusionLaypeople hold complex understandings of genetics and addiction. However, when lay and biomedical explanations diverge, genetics-related health information may be rejected.
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