"Where Are You Really From?": The Blurred Fences of the Race and Ethnicity Data Box

Della Maneze^{1

2}, Binu Koirala³, Brandon W Smith¹, Diana-Lyn Baptiste³, Gemma McErlean^{1

4}, Lucie M Ramjan^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ School of Nursing, Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.
² School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia.
³ School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
⁴ Centre for Research in Nursing and Health, St. George Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Editorial

Della Maneze et al. Nurs Open. 2025 Apr.

. 2025 Apr;12(4):e70230.

doi: 10.1002/nop2.70230.

Della Maneze^{1

2}, Binu Koirala³, Brandon W Smith¹, Diana-Lyn Baptiste³, Gemma McErlean^{1

4}, Lucie M Ramjan^{1

2}

¹ School of Nursing, Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.
² School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia.
³ School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
⁴ Centre for Research in Nursing and Health, St. George Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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