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3. Beliefs affecting health care may vary even within identified cultural groups. Specific data is often unclear due to
a) lack of people who will cooperate with studies.
b) inappropriate phrasing of questions to gather data.
c) failure to use language that can be understood by those surveyed.
d) inadequate characterization of ethnicity in existing data.
(source: SGEC paper: - Aging and Health: American Indian/Alaska Native
Elders )
If you selected a) lack of people who will cooperate with studies.
This is rarely a problem as long as those actually speaking with or
providing the survey forms have been adequately trained.
Return to Question 3 and consider another option.
If you selected b) inappropriate phrasing of
questions to gather data.
While questions can use phrasing to skew answers, ethical surveyers go
to great lengths and pilot studies to avoid this problem. Please consider
another option.
Return to Question 3 and consider another option.
If you selected c) failure to use language
that can be understood by those surveyed.
.....This may be true in some circumstances, though ethical surveyers
go to great lengths in review and pilot testing to avoid language confusion.
Another option creates greater obstacles.
Return to question 3 and consider another option.
If you selected d) inadequate characterization
of ethnicity
....Correct. "There still exists large recent data sets that do
not give adequate characterization of ethnicity. American Indians are
still classified as "other" in some data bases" (p. 35).
Adding to this is the rise in numbers of interracial children and adults
who select "other" rather than be forced to choose one or the
other parent's ethnicity. Some groups also select "other" as
when a Black Haitian is faced with the choices of "African-American" or "other" and
he/she does not identify with "African-American."
Proceed to Question 4.
