Racial, Gender, and Size Bias in a Medical Graphical Abstract Gallery: A Content Analysis.

Jessica P CerdeñaJennifer W TsaiChloe WarpinskiRobert F RosencransClarence C Gravlee

Published in: Health equity (2023)

We recommend that journals develop standards for mitigating bias in the publication of graphical abstracts that (1) ensure diverse skin tone and gender representation, (2) mitigate weight bias, (3) avoid racial or ethnic essentialism, and (4) attend to sociostructural contributors to disease.

Keyphrases

mental health
healthcare
african american
body mass index
weight loss
randomized controlled trial
weight gain