Racial discrimination and health: A systematic review of scales with a focus on their psychometric properties

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1091-1099

  Bastos, Joao Luiz ^a   Celeste, Roger Keller ^b   Faerstein, Eduardo ^b   Barros, Aluisio J D ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Causality; Prejudice; Psychometrics; Questionnaires; Race relations; Racial discrimination; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

FACTOR ANALYSIS; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH STATUS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RACISM;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CULTURAL FACTOR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; PSYCHOMETRY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES; HEALTH DISPARITY; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

UNITED STATES;

SCOPUS;

HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 77951240797     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.12.020     Document Type: Article

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