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Mind Map #8
What are the main points of the text?
Introduction
Asian-American subgroups are combined into a single Asian category making heterogeneity, creating disparities for populations.
The Federal Gov. has taken steps in the past to improve the collection of AA health data to improve overall health, education, and economic status to separate data by each AA subgroup
History of data collection for Asian Americans
Collection of AA's in the US has always been aggregated
Mortality in AA subgroups have very little studies, few states collect information regarding the difference of race when AA's pass, when they are collected though, they use California as a generalization for the whole US because of the AA population density.
Due to lack of proper data collection there have been major errors for interpretation when it comes to the health of these people
Omission of Asian-American Subjects
BRFSS, which surveys social and biological risk factors, have omitted AA participants because of how small the sample size is. (No proper delineation between the ethnicities of the Asians)
Omitted from clinical trials which has created mistrust down the line so finding participants is even harder
Omission of these people hinders the understanding of health risks and differences for the population
Aggregation of Asian-American Subgroups
AA and PI are still being reported as one in the same. Only through the HHS sponsorship will they be separated to get a better understanding of health.
Inadequate sampling leads to statistically unstable estimates creating a large margin of error for disease for each subgroup
Extrapolation of findings for Asian-Americans
Drug diagnosis also differ for each subgroup, but due to small sampling don't go noticed, and lead to SJS/TEN
Do I agree with the author?
I agree with the author because this type of aggregation has been an issue for a while. There needs to be more ethnicity definitions for AA/PI because of their genomic differences. Other health and national surveys must follow suit with the HHS for better inclusion efforts. If we start now, we'll be able to identify the disparities faster on a larger scale to reverse the mistrust and help AAs with their health outcomes. This goes for trials, prescriptions, diseases, chronic illnesses, atc.
What was the authors purpose?
Ariel Holland and Latha Palaniapppan
Data on Asian American health is scarce, with many disparities because the findings of studies regarding them are often categorized into one subgroup or become omitted when its more than one nationality.