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Skin Color Representation in Infectious Disease Textbooks

Open Forum Infectious Diseases (2024) 11(12)
DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofae703
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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.

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Thornton, J., Giuffre, A., Donohue, S., Hollnagel, F., & Tischendorf, J. (2024). Skin Color Representation in Infectious Disease Textbooks. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 11(12). https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofae703

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