Our users want to keep "Hispanic" as a Race so we are considering creating it as a sub-category but debating which Race to map it to? Is anybody else facing this issue? What is your solution?
Susan Hicks said:
Our users want to keep "Hispanic" as a Race so we are considering creating it as a sub-category but debating which Race to map it to? Is anybody else facing this issue? What is your solution?
What was your solution for this?
I have read so much documentation on race and ethnicity. Depending if you collect your information in 1 question format or 2. But if you are sending your data to state or national registries you should collect in the 2 question format. This is also strongly encouraged. Here are some links to review.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/site.....update.pdf
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/.....standards/
Jenelle Rabideau
Affinity Health System
FYI our resolution (at least for now)...... users decided to continue to user Hispanic as a Race subcateory and mapped it to White