ArticleJournal of behavioral medicine2023
Medical mistrust, culturally targeted message framing, and colorectal cancer screening among African Americans.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Why do people trust (or mistrust) health organizations? A systematic review.International journal for equity in health · 2026Pooled it
- Getting Real About Colorectal Cancer Education (GRACCE): Pilot Evaluation of a Community-Led Education Program.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2026Article
- Colorectal Cancer Screening Communication and Completion Among Black and Hispanic Primary Care Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of general internal medicine · 2026Article
- Colorectal Cancer Screening Communication and Completion Among Black and Hispanic Primary Care Patients.Research square · 2026Article
- Recognizing the Importance of Design, Content, and Delivery Features of Health Animations for Preventive Health Behaviors: Realist Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Review
- Mistrust and misinformation in a colorectal cancer care: rebuilding credibility in the digital age.Techniques in coloproctology · 2026Article
- Acceptability of Stool-Based DNA Colorectal Cancer Screening among Black/African-American Patients Served by Federally Qualified Health Centers.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2026Article
- An Exploration of Medical Mistrust, Trust, Perceived Discrimination and Associated Factors among Urban Arab and African American Emerging Adults.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- Flattening the curve: Factors associated with engagement in health protective behaviors at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic among Black individuals from predominantly low-income backgrounds.Journal of health psychology · 2026Article
- Building and sustaining restorative community trust and engagement: the Co-Researcher Activation Network.Research involvement and engagement · 2025Article
- Gain-Framed Health Messaging, Medical Trust, and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Self-Efficacy: An Experimental Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Patient and provider perspectives on implementing patient navigation for colorectal cancer screening for Black and Latine patients: a qualitative study.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Identity Safety in Cancer Screening: Building a Basic Research-to-Clinic Translation of Social Identity Theory.The Journal of social issues · 2025Article
- The Influence of Poverty and Rurality on Colorectal Cancer Survival by Race/Ethnicity: An Analysis of SEER Data with a Census Tract-Level Measure of Persistent Poverty.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2025Article
- Medical Mistrust and Willingness to Use Mental Health Services Among a Cohort of Black Adults.Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) · 2025Article
- Addressing Lung Cancer Screening Disparities: More Work To Be Done.Annals of thoracic surgery short reports · 2024Article
- Supporting ColoREctal Equitable Navigation (SCREEN): a protocol for a stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial for patient navigation in primary care.Implementation science communications · 2024Article
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Abstract
Mistrust in the information and treatment provided by medical professionals and organizations hinders cancer screening among African Americans. However, its impact on responses to health messaging aimed at bolstering screening uptake is unknown. The present study examined the effects of medical mistrust on message framing and culturally targeted health messaging about colorectal cancer (CRC) screening. Screening eligible African Americans (N = 457) completed the Group-Based Medical Mistrust scale and then viewed an informational video about CRC risks, prevention, and screening, during which all participants received either a gain or loss-framed message about screening. Half of participants received an additional culturally targeted screening message. After messaging, all participants completed Theory of Planned Behavior measures of CRC screening receptivity, as well as items assessing expectations about experiencing racism when obtaining CRC screening (i.e., anticipatory racism). Hierarchical multiple regressions showed that medical mistrust predicted lower screening receptivity and greater anticipatory racism. Additionally, effects of health messaging were moderated by medical mistrust. Among participants high in mistrust, targeted messaging-regardless of message frame-bolstered normative beliefs about CRC. Additionally, only targeted loss-framed messaging bolstered attitudes toward CRC screening. Although targeted messaging reduced anticipatory racism among participants with high mistrust, anticipatory racism did not mediate messaging effects. Findings indicate medical mistrust may be an important culturally-relevant individual difference to attend to in addressing CRC screening disparities, including its potential to impact responses to cancer screening messaging.
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