June 14, 2021

An Investigation of Associations Between Race, Ethnicity, and Past Experiences of Discrimination with Medical Mistrust and COVID-19 Protective Strategies

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Public Health Policy and Practice

Keywords (Tags): disparities

• An online cross-sectional survey conducted in May 2020 (n=963) found that experiencing structural discrimination was associated with higher health-specific COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs, while everyday discrimination was associated with more general medical mistrust but not with health-specific COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs. In addition, higher endorsement of health-specific COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs, but not general medical mistrust, was associated with significantly lower engagement in health-specific COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs.

Smith et al. (June 2021). An Investigation of Associations Between Race, Ethnicity, and Past Experiences of Discrimination with Medical Mistrust and COVID-19 Protective Strategies. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-021-01080-x