Assessing Race, Ethnicity and Gender in Health

• Main Author: Loue, Sana (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2006.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Public health.; Medicine & Public Health.; Public Health.; Medicine/Public Health, general.

Assessing Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in Health Sana Loue, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Where there are patients, clients, or study participants, there are data. And when data involve personal variables of race, ethnicity, gender, and/or sexual orientation, questions of relevance and m...

Table of Contents:

• Foundations
• Constructing Categories: Context and Consequences
• Constructs: Their Definition and Use
• Methodological Considerations
• Assessing Gender, Ethnicity, and Related Constructs
• Defining Race, Ethnicity, and Related Constructs
• Defining Sex, Gender, and Sexual Orientation
• Race, Ethnicity, and Sexual Orientation in Health
• Measures of Ethnicity, Ethnic Identification, Acculturation, and Immigration Status
• Measures of Sex, Gender, Gender Role, and Sexual Orientation.