Racial and Ethnic Groups

Racial and Ethnic Groups

Disparity in disaster preparedness between racial/ethnic groups

Objective The objective of this study was to examine the association between race/ethnicity (including language subgroups among Hispanics) and disaster preparedness among Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) survey respondents. Methods BRFSS data were obtained for eight states which implemented the optional general preparedness module from 2006 through 2010. Three dependent variab...

Barriers to care among racial/ethnic groups under managed care.

We describe barriers to care reported by racial/ethnic groups and explore the extent to which barriers vary between persons enrolled in managed care and those in non-managed care plans, using data from the 1996 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS). Most respondents expressed satisfaction with their care; however, a substantial percentage reported experiencing barriers. Minorities, particular...

Racial and Ethnic Descriptors

In response to the lack of easily retrievable clinical data to address health services and medical effectiveness questions, especially as they relate to racial/ethnic minorities, the Center for Information Technology (CIT), Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) recently sponsored a project on record linkage methodology applied to automated medical administrative datasets containing...

Ethnic and Racial Studies

This special issue offers a first systematic qualitative cross-national exploration of how diverse minority groups respond to stigmatization in a wide variety of contexts. This research is the culmination of a coordinated study of stigmatized groups in Brazil, Israel and the USA, as well as of connected research projects conducted in Canada, France, South Africa and Sweden. The issue sheds ligh...