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February News
Following are links to summaries at Kaisernetwork.org and The Body; and
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Study Probes Why US Blacks Wary of Medical Trials
Abstract
A Johns Hopkins University study in Maryland found that African Americans were
less willing than Caucasians to volunteer for clinical trials because of
mistrust of physicians and concerns about being abused or harmed.
CDC Summary
'About Time' for Advocacy Groups To Support Federal
Funding of Needle-Exchange Programs, Editorial Says
[Feb 15, 2008]
It is "about time" the NAACP, National Urban League and other "black-oriented"
advocacy groups "threw their support behind federal funding for needle-exchange
programs," a Detroit Free Press editorial says (Detroit Free Press, 2/13).
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=50443
Michigan's 4th Annual Black AIDS Awareness Campaign
(BAAC)
The Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) Division of Health,
Wellness and Disease Control (DHWDC) in conjunction with the African American
AIDS Advisory Committee (A4C) of the Michigan AIDS Council (MHAC) is supporting
events around the state during February and March. The Campaign begins on
February 1 - the beginning of Black History Month - and concludes of March 16.
If you are planning events during this time please contact Teresa Springer at
(810) 232-0888, or e-mail
tspringer@wellnessaids.org . See the Calendar for events during this
Campaign.
The BET News Special Examines Stigma’s Role in the
Spread of HIV/AIDS among Blacks in the U.S. and the Caribbean
This compelling BET News Special, STIGMA: The
Silent Killer Premiers on Thursday February 7 at 8 pm to Honor Black HIV/AIDS
Awareness Day
WASHINGTON - January 30, 2007 -- BET Networks today announced plans to air
the BET News special STIGMA: THE SILENT KILLER, a half-hour show that examines
the role that stigmas have played in the spread of HIV/AIDS among people of
color in both the U.S. and the Caribbean on Thursday, February 7 at 8:00 p.m.
ET/PT. This news special coincides with the nationally-observed Black HIV/AIDS
Awareness Day (February 7), and is part of a longstanding Emmy Award-winning
public education partnership with the Kaiser Family Foundation, the "BET
Rap-It-Up" Campaign. See more in National News.
See January Archives
Summaries
Study Probes Why US Blacks Wary
of Medical Trials
Abstract
A Johns Hopkins University study in Maryland found that African Americans were
less willing than Caucasians to volunteer for clinical trials because of
mistrust of physicians and concerns about being abused or harmed.
Clinical trials provide vital information about the safety and effectiveness of
new medical treatments and tests. If only white volunteers participated in
trials, it could be unclear whether and how treatments would work for other
populations.
The study design involved recruitment for a mock clinical trial to test a heart
disease drug. It involved 717 patients, about a third black and the rest white,
at 13 medical clinics in Maryland. They found that blacks were about 40 percent
less willing to participate in the mock trial than whites.
The researchers also found that 58 percent of blacks, compared to 25 percent of
whites, said they believed doctors did not get a patient’s consent before using
experimental drugs. In addition, 25 percent of blacks, compared to 15 percent of
whites, thought their doctor could ask them to be part of a study even if the
study might harm them. Furthermore, 28 percent of blacks, compared to 22 percent
of whites, said they thought their doctors would be willing to expose them to
unnecessary risks.
Dr. Neil Powe, one of the Johns Hopkins researchers, said the reluctance of the
black patients to volunteer may be a legacy of past abuses such as the infamous
Tuskegee syphilis experiment.
The full report, “Race, Medical Researcher Distrust, Perceived Harm and
Willingness to Participate in Cardiovascular Prevention Trials,” was published
in Medicine (2008;87(1):1-9).
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