Black adults rate medical researchers’ competence more positively than their accountability

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2. Black Americans’ trust in medical scientists and views about the potential for researcher misconduct

Black adults rate medical researchers’ competence more positively than their accountability

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2. Black Americans’ trust in medical scientists and views about the potential for researcher misconduct
Black Americans express most confidence in medical scientists, scientists to act in the public interest
Older Black adults are more likely to have strong confidence in scientists to act in public’s interests
Black adults rate medical researchers’ competence more positively than their accountability
Black adults who are more familiar with what medical researchers do see them in a more positive light
Three quarters of Black adults have heard or read at least a little about the Tuskegee syphilis study
Older Black adults more likely to say they have heard or read a lot about the Tuskegee syphilis study
Majority of Black adults say medical research misconduct is just as likely to occur today as in the past
55% of Black adults say that research misconduct is at least a moderately big problem

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