Skin Color Representation in Infectious Disease Textbooks
Darker skin is underrepresented in medical textbooks. This may contribute to inequity in our system. We assessed skin color representation in infectious disease textbooks and compared diseases associated with social stigma to those not stigmatized. Images depicting conditions associated with social stigma were significantly more common on darker skin.
Authors
- A. Giuffre
- Jessica S Tischendorf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0319-291X)
- Jessica Thornton
- Sarah Donohue
- Fauzia Hollnagel
Institutions
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Open Forum Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2024-11-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofae703
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Obesity and Health Practices
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.94