Comparative research in social epidemiology: measurement issues.

William W. Dressler; Fernando E. Viteri; Ana Cristina Figueroa Chávez; G A Grell; José Ernesto dos Santos

Abstract

The aim of comparative research in social epidemiology is to determine how risk factors for disease may vary within and between sociocultural and ethnic groups and in relation to outcomes. This aim assumes that measurement equivalence within and between social groups can be established, an assumption usually left untested. A model is presented here for deriving cross-culturally valid measures that are also intraculturally sensitive. Measurements so derived can then be used to compare cross-cultural and intracultural effects in a single analytic model. This approach is illustrated by pooling data on social stressors, social supports, and blood pressure from three studies.

Keywords

Sociocultural evolutionPoolingEthnic groupEquivalence (formal languages)EpidemiologySocial epidemiologyPsychologySocial psychologyMedicineSociologySocial determinants of healthComputer sciencePublic healthMathematicsAnthropology

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University of Alabama US

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Publication Info

Year: 1991
Type: article
Volume: 1
Issue: 4
Pages: 379-93
Citations: 22
Access: Closed

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                                    William W. Dressler, 
                                
                                    Fernando E. Viteri, 
                                
                                    Ana Cristina Figueroa Chávez
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1991). 
                            Comparative research in social epidemiology: measurement issues.. 
                            PubMed
                            , 1
                            (4)
                            , 379-93.