Assessing Race, Ethnicity and Gender in Health

Sana Loue, J.D., Ph.D., MPH, has authored/edited about a dozen books on sexuality, epidemiology, rural and ethnic health and is a renowned figure in the subject of immigrant and minority health. Dr. Loue is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. She has done research on HIV Prevention, Knowledge and Assessment,  Immigration and Women's Health. She is currently at work on a new encyclopedia on aging in addition to a case studies textbook on ethics & HIV and is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, American Public Health Association, and Society for Behavioral Medicine.

• Foundations.- Constructing Categories: Context and Consequences.- Constructs: Their Definition and Use.- Methodological Considerations.- Assessing Gender, Ethnicity, and Related Constructs.- Defining Race, Ethnicity, and Related Constructs.- Defining Sex, Gender, and Sexual Orientation.- Race, Ethnicity, and Sexual Orientation in Health.- Measures of Ethnicity, Ethnic Identification, Acculturation, and Immigration Status.- Measures of Sex, Gender, Gender Role, and Sexual Orientation.

"The author is to be especially commended for bringing together a number of resources for improving health and health care research. One chapter draws on published studies on topics such as diabetes and breast cancer to assess whether the variables of race, ethnicity, and sex used were sufficient to warrant the conclusions. Another chapter identifies several instruments designed by experts to capture the racial, ethnic, and gender diversity in a population under study. Throughout, hundreds of relevant references are provided." Marian E. Gornick, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (Retired), Baltimore, MD (The New England Journal of Medicine, 356:12, 2007)