A mixed-methods approach to developing a self-reported racial/ethnic discrimination measure for use in multiethnic health surveys

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 447-453

  Shariff Marco, Salma ^a   Gee, Gilbert C ^b   Breen, Nancy ^a   Willis, Gordon ^a   Reeve, Bryce B ^a   Grant, David ^c   Ponce, Ninez A ^b,c   Krieger, Nancy ^c   Landrine, Hope ^c   Williams, David R ^c   Alegria, Margarita ^d   Mays, Vickie M ^b,c   Johnson, Timothy P ^e   Brown, E Richard ^b,c  

^a National Cancer Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural comparison; Discrimination; Survey methods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHNICITY; EVALUATION; HEALTH SURVEY; MEDICAL CARE; RACISM; SELF REPORT; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VALIDATION STUDY;

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DATA COLLECTION; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 77949314164     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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