Subject: Race/ethnicity and the Year 2000 Census
From: Bob Brustman (brustman@hsph.harvard.edu)
Date: Wed Mar 22 2000 - 10:57:12 EST
Hello,
If your research uses US Census data then you surely know that
race/ethnicity data is being gathered differently in this year's census
than it has been in the past.
How does this affect your research?
Answers to this question may be found in Boston, MA, on April 11:
RACE/ETHNICITY AND THE YEAR 2000 CENSUS: IMPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH DATA
Date: Tuesday, April 11, 2000
Time: 2 pm - 5 pm
Place: Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA
Why come?
Because new racial/ethnic categories will be used in the Year 2000 Census
and individuals will also have, for the first time, the option of checking
multiple categories. Signaling major shifts in conceptualization of
race/ethnicity, these changes have significant implications for public
health research and practice, including monitoring and analysis of
racial/ethnic inequalities in health, and for allocation of resources
relevant to population health. Come learn about--and engage in lively
discussion of--implications of the new Census racial/ethnic data for
public health.
Program
Introduction: Nancy Krieger, Associate Director, Harvard Center for
Society and Health
Presentations:
2:10 pm Katherine Wallman, Chief Statistician, Office of
Management and Budget
2:30 Edward Sondik, Director, National Center for Health
Statistics
2:50 Daniel J. Friedman, Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of
Health Statistics, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Discussants, focusing on:
3:10 pm Latino/Hispanic populations--Hortensia Amaro, Boston
University School of Public Health
3:25 American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian
populations--Linda Burhansstipanov, Native American Cancer
Initiative
3:40 <stretch break>
3:45 African American and other Black populations--David Williams,
Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan
4:00 Asian and Pacific Islander American populations--
Shobha Srinivasan, Asian and Pacific Islander American
Health Forum
4:15 Immigrant populations and racial/ethnic identities--
Mary Waters, Department of Sociology, Harvard University
4:30 Questions & answers and open discussion with the audience
For more information, email the Center for Society and Health at
csh@hsph.harvard.edu or call Robin Schacht at: 617-432-3893. The Harvard
School of Public Health is located at 677 Huntington Avenue, near the
Brigham Circle stop on the "E" route of the Green Line.
Co-sponsored by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and the
Boston Public Health Commission
Free and open to the public ***** No registration required
________________________________
Bob Brustman
Assistant Director of Communications
Harvard School of Public Health
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu
Tel: 617-432-3952 Fax: 617-432-5531 Email: brustman@hsph.harvard.edu
