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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Crit Public Health. 2017 Dec 6;29(1):84–99. doi: 10.1080/09581596.2017.1409885

Table 2.

Example of Side-by-Side Comparison of Lay and Expert Model

Expert Model Node Lay Model Node(s) Domain Difference
Silica particles in soil Cold morning dew
Snake and worms
Bacteria
Misunderstanding
Built environment Poverty Extra Knowledge
Cultural norms Gap
Inherited susceptibility to
inflammation from soil
exposure
Heredity (i.e., disease passed by blood)
Contagion
Extra Knowledge
Malnutrition Extra Knowledge
Shoe access Wearing shoes Misunderstanding
Weakened immunity
Vaccination
Extra Knowledge
Walking barefoot Walking barefoot Shared Knowledge

Cells in the table were coded to indicate four domain differences: (1) expert noted, lay did not (gap); (2) expert did not note, lay did (extra knowledge); and (3) noted by both expert and lay but described in different causal role (misunderstanding); (4) node included in both and path described similarly (shared knowledge).