Antoine Deslandes, Clémentine Calba, Sarah Mahdjoub, Aurélien Zhu-Soubise, Damian Mathey, Alexis Ardoin
Superspreading events of SARS-CoV-2 in Paris: A retrospective analysis of data from the first wave of COVID-19 in 2020
Journal of infection and public health
previous research demonstrated children lacking knowledge genetic disorders may harmful attitudes toward people disabilities disability awareness successfully modify attitudes explored adolescents implicit explicit attitudes toward peers genetic conditions determine whether improved geneticsgenomics literacy mitigate impact ableism population englishspeaking adolescents 1018 years british columbia invited complete disability attitudes implicit association test daiat participate semistructured focus group centering fictionalized vignette adolescent syndrome used pragmatism analytical paradigm descriptive inferential statistics used analyze daiat sociodemographic data phronetic iterative analysis constant comparison coding strategy transcripts interpretive description develop conceptual model twentytwo adolescents completed daiat participated one four focus groups participants statistically significant implicit preference nondisabled people dscore 072 sd 044 718 p 00001 demonstrated greater diversity explicit attitudes focus groups although participants articulated positive attitude toward improved genetics education results demonstrate belief social personal interactions disabled peers would essential address negative perceptions study lays important groundwork understand explain influence negative attitudes adolescents toward individuals disabilities findings used inform design interventions address biased perceptions people genetic disorders goal reducing prejudices improving social interactions