Citation

Davis JL, Green BL, Katz RV. ABNF J. 2012; 23(3): 59-62.

Affiliation

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute. jenna.david@moffitt.org

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Association of Black Nursing Faculty in Higher Education, Publisher Tucker Publications)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

22924230

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To assess whether scary/alarming beliefs about details on the Tuskegee Syphilis Study (TSS) are associated with willingness and/or fear to participate in biomedical research. METHODS: Scary beliefs about TSS were examined for 565 Black and White adults who had heard of the TSS. Multivariate analyses by race were used to measure association. RESULTS: No association between scary beliefs and willingness or fear to participate in research was found (P > 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: These findings provide additional evidence that awareness or detailed knowledge about the TSS does not appear today to be a major factor influencing Blacks' willingness to participate in research.

Language: en