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Gender, Ethnicity, and Health Research (Hardcover, 1999 ed.)
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Gender, Ethnicity, and Health Research (Hardcover, 1999 ed.)
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Health researchers routinely evaluate health and illness across
subgroups defined by their sex, gender, ethnicity, and race. All
too often, these classifications are proffered as an explanation
for any differences that may be detected, for example, in access to
care, frequency of disease, or response to treatment. Relatively
few researchers, however, have examined what these classifications
mean on a theoretical level or in the context of their own
research. Assume, for example, that a researcher concludes from his
or her data that African- Americans utilize certain surgical
procedures less frequently than whites. This conclusion may mean
little without an examination of the various underlying issues. Is
there such a construct as race at all? How were whites and
African-Americans classified as such? Does this finding reflect
inappropriate overutilization of the specific procedures among
whites or inappropriate underutilization among African-Americans?
To what extent are socioeconomic status and method of payment
related to the less frequent use? Are there differences in the
manner in which health care providers present the various treatment
options to whites and to African- Americans that could account for
these differences in utilization? Are there differences in health
care-seeking and health care preferences between the two groups
that would explain the difference in utilization? Is the racial
classification a surrogate measure for another variable that has
remained unidentified and unmeasured? All too often, unfortunately,
such issues are ignored or lightly dismissed with an entreaty for
additional research.
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