Development and reliability of a Telephone-Administered Perceived Racism Scale (TPRS): A tool for epidemiological use

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 251-262

  Vines, Anissa I ^a   McNeilly, Maya Dominguez ^c   Stevens, June ^b   Hertz Picciotto, Irva ^b   Bohlig, Michael ^d   Baird, Donna D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CODA Research Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Health Disparity; Psychometrics; Racism; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035288842     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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