Why Are We Going Backward? Barriers to Disaggregated Racial Information in Federal Data Sets.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Jamal, Armaan, ; Srinivasan, Malathi; Kim, Gloria; Huang, Robert J.; Palaniappan, Latha
- Source
- American Journal of Public Health; Aug2023, Vol. 113 Issue 8, p852-855, 4p
- Subject
- United States. Dept. of Health & Human Services
Database management
Endowment of research
Access to information
Privacy
Health status indicators
Acquisition of data
Vital statistics
Pacific Islanders
Medical ethics
United States
- Language
- ISSN
- 00900036
The article discusses the barriers to disaggregated racial information in population data sets in the U.S. Also cited are how aggregation could hide substantial disparities between Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) communities in areas like access to care and prevalence of chronic conditions. Also cited are barriers like long processing times and high costs.