Lack of Arab or Middle Eastern and North African Health Data Undermines Assessment of Health Disparities

doi:10.2105/AJPH.2021.306590

. 2022 Feb;112(2):209-212.

doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2021.306590.

Lack of Arab or Middle Eastern and North African Health Data Undermines Assessment of Health Disparities

Germine H Awad¹, Nadia N Abuelezam¹, Kristine J Ajrouch¹, Matthew Jaber Stiffler¹

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¹ Germine H. Awad is with the Department of Educational Psychology, University of Texas at Austin. Nadia N. Abuelezam is with the Connell School of Nursing, Boston College, Boston, MA. Kristine J. Ajrouch is with the Michigan Center for Contextual Factors in Alzheimer's Disease, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Matthew Jaber Stiffler is with the Arab American National Museum, Dearborn, MI.

PMID: 35080949
PMCID: PMC8802571
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2021.306590

Lack of Arab or Middle Eastern and North African Health Data Undermines Assessment of Health Disparities

Germine H Awad et al. Am J Public Health. 2022 Feb.

. 2022 Feb;112(2):209-212.

doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2021.306590.

Authors

Germine H Awad¹, Nadia N Abuelezam¹, Kristine J Ajrouch¹, Matthew Jaber Stiffler¹

Affiliation

¹ Germine H. Awad is with the Department of Educational Psychology, University of Texas at Austin. Nadia N. Abuelezam is with the Connell School of Nursing, Boston College, Boston, MA. Kristine J. Ajrouch is with the Michigan Center for Contextual Factors in Alzheimer's Disease, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Matthew Jaber Stiffler is with the Arab American National Museum, Dearborn, MI.

PMID: 35080949
PMCID: PMC8802571
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2021.306590

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[1] Gualtieri S. Becoming “White”: race, religion and the foundations of Syrian/Lebanese ethnicity in the United States J Am Ethn Hist. 200120429–58..

[2] Gualtieri S. Becoming “White”: race, religion and the foundations of Syrian/Lebanese ethnicity in the United States J Am Ethn Hist. 200120429–58..

[3] Omi M, Winant H.Racial Formation in the United States. New York, NY: Routledge; 2014.

[4] Omi M, Winant H.Racial Formation in the United States. New York, NY: Routledge; 2014.

[5] Lee SM. Racial classifications in the US census: 1890–1990. Ethn Racial Stud. 1993;16(1):75–94. doi: 10.1080/01419870.1993.9993773. - DOI

[6] Lee SM. Racial classifications in the US census: 1890–1990. Ethn Racial Stud. 1993;16(1):75–94. doi: 10.1080/01419870.1993.9993773. - DOI

[7] Robbin A. Classifying racial and ethnic group data in the United States: the politics of negotiation and accommodation. J Gov Inf. 2000;27(2):129–156. doi: 10.1016/S1352-0237(00)00131-3. - DOI

[8] Robbin A. Classifying racial and ethnic group data in the United States: the politics of negotiation and accommodation. J Gov Inf. 2000;27(2):129–156. doi: 10.1016/S1352-0237(00)00131-3. - DOI

[9] Mora GC. Cross-field effects and ethnic classification: the institutionalization of Hispanic panethnicity, 1965 to 1990. Am Sociol Rev. 2014;79(2):183–210. doi: 10.1177/0003122413509813. - DOI

[10] Mora GC. Cross-field effects and ethnic classification: the institutionalization of Hispanic panethnicity, 1965 to 1990. Am Sociol Rev. 2014;79(2):183–210. doi: 10.1177/0003122413509813. - DOI

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