3230.0: Monday, November 13, 2000: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM | ||||
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| New racial/ethnic categories will be used in the Year 2000 census and individuals will also have, for the first time, the option of checking multiple categories. These changes have important implications for public health, in relation to conceptualization of "race/ethnicity" and also potential mismatch between relevant "numerators" (e.g., from | ||||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement. | ||||
| Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives | ||||
| Nancy Krieger, PhD Catherine Cubbin, PhD | ||||
| Implications for Hispanic/Latino populations in the US Hortensia Amaro, PhD | ||||
| The Quality of Public Health Data for African Americans David R Williams, PhD MPH | ||||
| Implications for Asian and Pacific Islander American populations in the US Tessie Guillermo, Shobha Srinivasan, PhD | ||||
| Implications for formulation of racial/ethnic identity and immigrant populations in the US Mary Waters, PhD | ||||
| Implications for American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian populations in the US Linda Burhansstipanov, MSPH, DrPH, CHES | ||||
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| Sponsor: | Spirit of 1848 Caucus | |||
| Cosponsors: | ; Asian Pacific Islander Caucus of APHA; Black Caucus of Health Workers; Caucus on Refugee and Immigrant Health; Community Health Planning and Policy Development; Community Health Workers SPIG; Environment; Epidemiology; Food and Nutrition; Forum on Bioethics; Health Administration; Health Equity and Public Hospitals Caucus; Labor Caucus; Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Caucus of Public Health Workers; Maternal and Child Health; Occupational Health and Safety; Public Health Education and Health Promotion; Public Health Student Caucus; Social Work; Socialist Caucus; Statistics | |||