Objective The aim of this study was to collect and synthesize evidence regarding data
quality problems encountered when working with variables related to social determinants of …

Improving race and ethnicity (hereafter, race/ethnicity) data quality is imperative to ensure
underserved populations are represented in data sets used to identify health disparities and …

Abstract Background: The diversity among Hispanics/Latinos, defined by geographic origin
(eg, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba), has been neglected when assessing cancer morbidity. For …

Epidemiologists are gradually incorporating spatial analysis into health-related research as
geocoded cases of disease become widely available and health-focused geospatial …

Introduction: National data on the epidemiology of cancer are commonly reported by broad
racial/ethnic categories, such as “Hispanic.” However, few studies have disaggregated …

Purpose The purpose of this study is to describe the epidemiology of melanoma among
Hispanics using data that cover nearly 100% of the US population. Methods The study used …

Evaluating breast cancer outcomes specific to Hispanics of different race (eg Hispanic Black,
Hispanic White) may further explain variations in the burden of breast cancer among …

Background Cancer survival is a key indicator of the effectiveness and social justice of
health services. However, little is known about cancer survival among Hispanics, how it …

Hispanics living in the United States are heterogeneous: US-born and foreign-born;
Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Dominican, Central American, South American, and a small …

Background Little is known about the association between race/ethnicity and survival in
pediatric Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) patients. In a state‐wide pediatric cohort diagnosed with …