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ArticleJournal of healthcare, science and the humanities2016

Getting Data Right - and Righteous to Improve Hispanic or Latino Health.

Alfonso Rodríguez-Lainz, Mariana McDonald, Ana Penman-Aguilar, Drue H Barrett

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Article in Journal of healthcare, science and the humanities, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  8. Racial Disparities in Invasive Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections, 2005-2014.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Alfonso Rodríguez-LainzDivision of Global Migration and Quarantine, NCEZID, CDC.
Mariana McDonaldOffice of Health Disparities, NCEZID, CDC.
Ana Penman-AguilarOffice of Minority Health and Health Equity, CDC.
Drue H BarrettPublic Health Ethics Unit, Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for Science, CDC.

Funding

Intramural CDC HHS CC999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hispanics or Latinos constitute the largest racial/ethnic minority in the United States. They are also a very diverse population. Latino/Hispanic's health varies significantly for subgroups defined by national origin, race, primary language, and migration-related factors (place of birth, immigration status, years of residence in the United States). Most Hispanics speak Spanish at home, and one-third have limited English proficiency (LEP). There is growing awareness on the importance for population health monitoring programs to collect those data elements (Hispanic subgroup, primary language, and migration-related factors) that better capture Hispanics' diversity, and to provide language assistance (translation of data collection forms, interpreters) to ensure meaningful inclusion of all Latinos/Hispanics in national health monitoring. There are strong ethical and scientific reasons for such expansion of data collection by public health entities. First, expand data elements can help identify otherwise hidden Hispanic subpopulations' health disparities. This may promote a more just and equitable distribution of health resources to underserved populations. Second, language access is needed to ensure fair and legal treatment of LEP individuals in federally supported data collection activities. Finally, these strategies are likely to improve the quality and representativeness of data needed to monitor and address the health of all Latino/Hispanic populations in the United States.

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data collectionhealth disparitieshealth equityHispanic healthlanguage accessLatino healthlimited English proficiencypublic health ethics

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PMID29416934
PMCPMC5798620

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