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To examine how emerging classification approaches, particularly multiple-race options in national surveys and census data, influence public health research and disparities tracking.

January 1, 2003Annual Review of Public HealthOpen Access

Classification of Race and Ethnicity: Implications for Public Health

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VMVickie M. MaysUniversity of California, Los Angeles NPNinez A. PonceUniversity of California, Los Angeles DWDonna L. WashingtonUniversity of California, Los Angeles

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Review demonstrates how updated multiracial classification methods affect disparity tracking across diverse populations, highlighting the need for standardized demographic standards.

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To examine how emerging classification approaches, particularly multiple-race options in national surveys and census data, influence public health research and disparities tracking.
Reviewed recent shifts in federal demographic classification standards, specifically the integration of multiple-race responses within the U.S. Census and major public health surveys.
Assessed conceptual and analytical challenges arising from revised categorization frameworks regarding healthcare access and health outcome disparities.
Adopting multiple-race categories complicates historical trend analyses while introducing variability into how racial and ethnic groups are defined across datasets.
Classification decisions directly alter the quantification of health and healthcare access disparities, underscoring the urgent need for consistent analytic conventions as diversity rises.

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Mays et al. (2003) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a10f559497e609eda647eec https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.publhealth.24.100901.140927

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Review demonstrates how updated multiracial classification methods affect disparity tracking across diverse populations, highlighting the need for standardized demographic standards.

Classification of Race and Ethnicity: Implications for Public Health

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Classification of Race and Ethnicity: Implications for Public Health

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