Open AccessInvestigating the Impact of Using an Alternate Classification Method for Race and Hispanic Ethnicity on Rates of Reported Gonorrhea
Author(s) -
Viani Picchetti,
Harrell W. Chesson,
Jimmy Braxton,
Elizabeth Torrone
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.507
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1537-4521
pISSN - 0148-5717
DOI - 10.1097/olq.0000000000001255
Subject(s) - gonorrhea , medicine , race (biology) , ethnic group , demography , family medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , gender studies , sociology , anthropology
We aimed to examine how the classification of gonorrhea cases by race and Hispanic ethnicity (HE) affects the measurement of racial/HE disparities in the rates of reported gonorrhea.