Race and Ethnic Categories: A Brief Review of Global Terms and Nomenclature

Terminology regarding descriptors of race and ethnicity have been constantly evolving. Due to differences in terminology, data collection, demographics, and group identity, there are numerous challenges in determining what descriptors are suitable and acceptable to all individuals. The National Inst...

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Autores principales: Lewis, Catherine, Cohen, Philip R, Bahl, Devyani, Levine, Elliot M, Khaliq, Waseem
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Medical Education
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10389293/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37529803
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.41253
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description Terminology regarding descriptors of race and ethnicity have been constantly evolving. Due to differences in terminology, data collection, demographics, and group identity, there are numerous challenges in determining what descriptors are suitable and acceptable to all individuals. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has defined six racial and ethnic categories that should be used for reporting purposes. This review gives a historical background of the definition of the different racial and ethnic categories. This review also aims to define acceptable categories of race and ethnicity to provide guidelines for reports and best practices.
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spelling pubmed-103892932023-08-01 Race and Ethnic Categories: A Brief Review of Global Terms and Nomenclature Lewis, Catherine Cohen, Philip R Bahl, Devyani Levine, Elliot M Khaliq, Waseem Cureus Medical Education Terminology regarding descriptors of race and ethnicity have been constantly evolving. Due to differences in terminology, data collection, demographics, and group identity, there are numerous challenges in determining what descriptors are suitable and acceptable to all individuals. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has defined six racial and ethnic categories that should be used for reporting purposes. This review gives a historical background of the definition of the different racial and ethnic categories. This review also aims to define acceptable categories of race and ethnicity to provide guidelines for reports and best practices. Cureus 2023-07-01 /pmc/articles/PMC10389293/ /pubmed/37529803 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.41253 Text en Copyright © 2023, Lewis et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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