How does Dr. Moscou address the use of race and ethnicity in research?
How does Dr. Moscou address the use of race and ethnicity in research?.The Profiling by Appearance and Assumption – SapienDr. Sapien is responding to an article about the dangers of subjectively determining a
patient’s race and ethnicity in case presentations.
1) What are the dangers of making assumptions about a patient’s race, ethnicity, and culture?
2) Do these assumptions lead to differences in treatment and inequalities in health care?
Conceptualizing Race/Ethnicity – Moscou
How does Dr. Moscou address the use of race and ethnicity in research?
Nursing Inquiry 2008; 15(2): 94–105
Feature
The conceptualization and
operationalization of race and
ethnicity by health services researchers
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Susan Moscou
Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, NY, USA
Accepted for publication 29 October 2007
MOSCOU S. Nursing Inquiry 2008; 15: 94–105
The conceptualization and operationalization of race and ethnicity by health services researchers
Racial and ethnic variables are routinely used in health services research. However, there is a growing debate within nursing
and other disciplines about the usefulness of these variables in research. A qualitative study was undertaken (July 2004 – November
2004) to ascertain how researchers conceptualize and operationalize racial and ethnic data. Data were derived from interviews
with 33 participants in academic health centers in differing geographic regions. Content analyses extracted manifest and latent
meanings to construct categories depicting respondents’ understandings of race and ethnicity in research. Race and ethnicity
held several meanings but the subtext was often not clear because these terms were not operationalized. Measuring race and
ethnicity quantitatively necessitated uniform classifications thus it was often necessary to impose a single racialized identity.
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