'I didn't feel like any of those things were me': Results of a qualitative pilot study of race/ethnicity survey items with minority ethnic adolescents in the USA

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 621-638

  Smith, Felicia D ^a   Woo, Meghan ^b   Austin, S Bryn ^b,c  

^a Physicians Skin Care PLLC   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescence; cognitive interviews; ethnicity; measurement; multiracial; qualitative research; race

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNICITY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MINORITY GROUP; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RACE; SURVEY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; NOMENCLATURE; PILOT STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; CENSUSES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650121341     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2010.503872     Document Type: Article

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