Improving the Collection and Use of Racial and Ethnic Data in HHS
JOINT REPORT OF THE
HHS Data Council Working Group on Racial and Ethnic Data
AND
The Data Work Group of the HHS Initiative to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health
December, 1999
Contents
Executive Summary
1. Introduction
2. Contributing Factors to Racial and Ethnic Gaps in Health
3. Data Gaps and Recommendations
4. Measures of Discrimination
5. Summary of Data Concerns
6. Use of Racial and Ethnic Data
7. HHS Plan for Collection and Use of Racial and Ethnic Data
Recommendations
- Data Collection
- Data Analysis and Interpretation
- Data Dissemination and Use
- Data Research and Maintenance
References
Appendices
- Members of Work Groups
- Summary of Data Gaps and Recommendations Identified in Health Focus Area Work Group Reports
- Summary of Racial and Ethnic Data Concerns Related to Healthy People 2010
- Summary of Previous Reports Dealing with Racial and Ethnic Data
- Office of Management and Budget Directive No. 15
- Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity
- Policy Statement on Inclusion of Race and Ethnicity in HHS
Data Collection Activities
Back to Top