The Eumelanin Human Skin Colour Scale: a proof‐of‐concept study

Dadzie, Ophelia E.; Sturm, Richard A.; Fajuyigbe, Damilola; Petit, Antoine; Jablonski, Nina G.

doi:10.1111/bjd.21277

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“…OD has been a dermatology and dermatopathology consultant in the UK National Health Service (NHS) since 2010. OD’s clinical and research work (e.g., Dadzie et al, 2022 ) has focused on cutaneous diversity particularly in UKEM groups. DS is professor of psychology with extensive teaching and research experience in research methods (e.g., Sagoe, 2012 ).…”

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UK ethnic minority healthcare workers’ perspectives on COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in the UK ethnic minority community: A qualitative study

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BackgroundThe experiences of UK ethnic minority (UKEM) healthcare workers are crucial to ameliorating the disproportionate COVID-19 infection rate and outcomes in the UKEM community. We conducted a qualitative study on UKEM healthcare workers’ perspectives on COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy (CVH) in the UKEM community.MethodsParticipants were 15 UKEM healthcare workers (11 females; age range: 26–58 [43.3 ± 9.4] years). Data were collected using individual and joint interviews, and a focus group, and analyzed using thematic analysis.ResultsWe generated three themes: heterogeneity (two subthemes), mistrust (six subthemes), and mitigating (six subthemes). Therein, participants distinguished CVH in the UKEM community in educational attainment and ethnicity. They pointed to the role of mistrust in CVH in the UKEM community. They opined that the mistrust underlying CVH in the UKEM community is rooted in history and religion, conspiracy theories, the speedy development and novelty of the vaccines, post-vaccination complications/side effects, false positive test results, and social media and social support/influence. Participants recommended that interventions targeted at mitigating CVH in the UKEM community need to, in a non-judgmental way, tackle dis/misinformation and provide education, and incorporate UKEM healthcare worker endorsement. They also suggested such interventions be community-oriented, enhance the convenience of vaccination centers and the possibility of vaccine choice, and appreciate that overcoming CVH and accepting vaccination is a gradual process involving personal assessment of risks and benefits.ConclusionCVH in the UKEM community is a multifaceted phenomenon requiring multicomponent interventions.

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UK ethnic minority healthcare workers’ perspectives on COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in the UK ethnic minority community: A qualitative study

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“…Perhaps the toughest challenge for skin color research resides in the use of arguments and narratives that are substantially at odds with the reality of the phenomena being researched or talked about (i.e., savannah, forest, running, feet, naked skin, etc.). These and many challenges are also aggravated by the inadequacy of extant nomenclatures for the description of skin color (Dadzie, Sturm, Fajuyigbe, Petit, & Jablonski, 2022), more especially black skin.…”

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A Review of Black Skin Research: Gloger Rule/Theory Dead or Alive?

Cibangu¹

2022

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Unlike various topics of human life that recurringly naggingly preoccupy scholars, black skin tends to be considered by prestigious biology and science publication outlets as a closed and disposed-of topic. The present paper is not one of experiment, but rather the paper is a long-due comprehensive review of black skin scholarship, using a dominant theory of this scholarship, and suggesting newer insights for future research. Known since Antiquity, black skin -- euphemistically called dark sin -- has become the topic of repeated public debate in recent decades. Part of the reason is that although race is believed to be scientifically nonexistent skin color is not. Meanwhile, among the theories explaining black skin, Gloger rule/theory stands out to be the most popular. While multitudes of reviews have examined Gloger theory, few have confronted the theory with the arguments of Gloger himself. This might be because Gloger writings remain untranslated and unknown to English readership. Although Gloger was an ornithologist by profession, his arguments had immense ramifications far beyond the study of birds. The present paper focused on the key arguments of Gloger to present a critical assessment of black skin materials. To this effect, a comprehensive, historical background of Gloger theory was used along with recent research to bring in sharper relief Gloger teachings about skin color. In light of Gloger critiques, it was determined that Gloger theory is no less than inadequate and so is the description of black skin as a product of natural selection. Taken-for-granted theories and resultant arguments of black skin were reversed and paths for future skin color work were proposed. Gloger arguments highlight variability among species and across latitudes.

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“…The article by Dadzie and colleagues entitled ‘The Eumelanin Human Skin Colour Scale: a proof‐of‐concept study’ 1 proposes a five‐point scale to describe human constitutive skin colour. The goal is to standardize the descriptive terminology and account for the diversity and heterogeneity of skin colour globally.…”

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