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Dimensions of racial identity and perceived discrimination in health care

ŠTĚPANÍKOVÁ, Irena and Gabriela R. OATES

Basic information

Original name

Dimensions of racial identity and perceived discrimination in health care

Authors

ŠTĚPANÍKOVÁ, Irena (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Gabriela R. OATES

Edition

ETHNICITY & DISEASE, Atlanta, INT SOC HYPERTENSION BLACKS-ISHIB, 2016, 1049-510X

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

30304 Public and environmental health

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 0.993

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/16:00112483

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.18865/ed.26.4.501

UT WoS

000393200300005

Keywords in English

Racial Identity; Measures of Race; Perceived Discrimination; Health Care

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Změněno: 11/5/2020 10:34, Mgr. Marie Šípková, DiS.

Abstract

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Objective: Perceived discrimination is an important risk factor for minority health. Drawing from the scholarship on multi-dimensionality of race, this study examines the relationships between perceived discrimination in health care and two dimensions of racial identity: self-identified race/ethnicity and perceived attributed race/ethnicity (respondents' perceptions of how they are racially classified by others). Methods: We used Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data collected in 2004-2013 and we specifically examined the data on perceived racial discrimination in health care during the past 12 months, perceived attributed race/ethnicity, and self-identified race/ethnicity. Results: In models adjusting for sociodemographic and other factors, both dimensions of racial/ethnic identity contributed independently to perceived discrimination in health care. After controlling for self-identified race/ethnicity, respondents who reported being classified as Black, Asian, Hispanic, and Native American had higher likelihood of perceived discrimination than respondents who reported being classified as White. Similarly, after taking perceived attributed race/ethnicity into account, self-identified Blacks, Native Americans, and multiracial respondents were more likely to report perceived discrimination than counterparts who self-identified as White. The model using only perceived attributed race/ethnicity to predict perceived discrimination showed a superior fit with the data than the model using only self-identified race/ethnicity. Conclusion: Perceived attributed race/ethnicity captures an aspect of racial/ethnic identity that is correlated, but not interchangeable, with self-identified race/ethnicity and contributes uniquely to perceived discrimination in health care. Applying the concept of multidimensionality of race/ethnicity to health disparities research may reveal understudied mechanisms linking race/ethnicity to health risks.
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