Efficacy of Measurements for API Populations in US Based Samples and Surveys

描述（由申请人提供）：本方法R21申请基于对使用现有公共使用二手数据研究美国人口普查之前定义的亚太岛民种族类别的潜在方法的兴趣。除了人口普查数据和最近的全国健康访谈调查之外，没有对API人口进行过抽样的具有全国代表性的调查。本应用程序将明确检查这些问题，测量潜在的偏差，并建议使用现有的二手数据定义API的有用样本的潜在替代方案。本应用程序有四个主要目标：1 .评估基于美国样本和调查的亚洲和太平洋岛民（API）人口的统计代表性的有效性。这将通过编目和确定报告原料药数量的美国主要调查的样本量以及这些样本如何在同行评审的出版物中使用来实现；2 .确定已对目前不在公共领域的原料药种群进行研究的资助研究，并寻求获得这些研究，或至少记录这些研究及其样本设计；3 .通过人口与社会问题研究所的数据档案及其专题研究小组，特别是少数群体数据研究中心分发这些新材料和收集的数据，该中心是公共领域少数群体人口数据的一个集中储存库；4-指导研究人员在研究过程中应用可用API数据收集的最佳实践。我们将提供报告和教学材料作为MDRC网站的一部分，我们将在项目第二年举办为期五天的研讨会，作为ICPSR暑期项目的一部分。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application for a methodological R21 builds upon the interest of examining potential approaches to using existing public use secondary data for the study of the Asian Pacific Islander racial category previously defined by the U.S. Census. With the exception of census data, and the most recent waves of the national health interview survey there are no nationally representative surveys that oversample for API populations. This application will examine these issues explicitly, measure potential biases and suggest potential alternatives for defining useful samples of APIs using existing secondary data This application has four primary goals: 1-To evaluate the efficacy of the statistical representation of Asian and Pacific Islander (API) populations in U.S. based samples and surveys. This will be accomplished by cataloguing and identifying sample sizes of major US surveys that report API populations and how these samples have been used in peer reviewed publications; 2-To identify funded research studies which have examined API populations that are not currently in the public domain and seek to acquire these studies or, at a minimum, to document these studies and their sample designs; 3-To distribute these new materials and data collections through the ICPSR data archive and its topical research groups, particularly the Minority Data Research Center, a centralized repository for data on minority populations in the public domain; and 4- To instruct researchers in the best practices of applying available API data collections in the research process. We will both provide reports and instructional materials as part of the MDRC website and we will host a five day workshop as part of the ICPSR Summer Program in Year 2 of the project. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This application will promote the examination of Asian and Pacific Islander (API) health by identifying and distributing data collections that focus on health determinants and related factors impacting these populations. The application will also organize and catalogue published health information on API's and their heterogeneous subpopulations. Finally, this application will promote and provide training in the use of API data in the promotion of health research