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Stereotypes About Healthcare Professionals, Emotions, And Mammography Compliance, Kayla M. Kinworthy
Stereotypes About Healthcare Professionals, Emotions, And Mammography Compliance, Kayla M. Kinworthy
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Rates of mammography screening are particularly low for minority women, with only 42% of Latin American (Latino) women in the U.S. reporting having a mammogram in the last year as compared to 53% of non-Latino White (Anglo) women [1]. Minority patients are more likely to report negative healthcare encounters with their health professionals [2; 3], which may result in less favorable cultural stereotypes about healthcare professionals and more negative emotional reactions. Guided by Betancourt’s Integrative Model of Culture, Psychological Processes, and Health Behavior [4] and the Stereotype Content Model [5], the aim of the present research was to examine the …