Medical mistrust among women with intersecting marginalized identities: a scoping review
Ivy K. Ho, Taylor A. Sheldon, Elliott Botelho
Abstract
8: 19-32. doi:10.1080/1364557032000119616). Specific search terms were entered into selected databases. Based on a set of inclusion criteria, articles were screened and assessed for eligibility. Data from the selected articles were extracted and summarized. Forty studies were included. Thirty-one studies used quantitative methodology, of which more than half used the Group-Based Medical Mistrust Scale. The majority of studies (84%) investigated the intersection of gender with race and ethnicity. Breast cancer and HIV combined accounted for more than half of the included studies. Of those studies that examined the relationship between medical mistrust and a health outcome or health behavior, almost all reported that medical mistrust had a deleterious impact. Medical mistrust among women with intersecting marginalized identities is worthy of further study, and there is still a dearth of knowledge in the role of medical mistrust among a wide range of subgroups of women and health domains.