Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, Harvard School of Public Health, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
J Public Health Manag Pract. 2011 Nov-Dec;17(6):550-53. doi: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e318215a4c7.
The 1997 revision to Federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Directive No. 15 Race and Ethnic Standards for Federal Statistics and Administrative Reporting provides standard classifications for reporting broad race categories and Hispanic/non-Hispanic ethnicity. However, the current system may be masking disparities in health behaviors and outcomes across ethnic groups. Since 2000, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health has been developing an alternative approach to collecting race, ethnicity, and language preference data to better serve the local population. Our data collection tool adheres to OMB standards but captures detailed ethnicity data independent of broad race categories. We believe that training personnel is an essential component of data collection, and we are planning to develop online training materials. Although we encourage states to learn from our experience, data need to be comparable within and across states as well as over time to monitor health disparities.
1997 年，联邦管理和预算办公室（OMB）指令 15 号修订版对联邦统计和行政报告的种族和族裔标准进行了规定，为报告广泛的种族类别和西班牙裔/非西班牙裔族群提供了标准分类。然而，目前的系统可能掩盖了不同族裔群体在健康行为和结果方面的差异。自 2000 年以来，马萨诸塞州公共卫生部一直在开发一种替代方法来收集种族、族裔和语言偏好数据，以更好地为当地居民服务。我们的数据收集工具符合 OMB 标准，但在不依赖广泛种族类别的情况下独立捕获详细的族裔数据。我们认为培训人员是数据收集的重要组成部分，我们正在计划开发在线培训材料。虽然我们鼓励各州借鉴我们的经验，但数据需要在州内和州际之间以及随着时间的推移进行比较，以监测健康差距。
