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Evolving Identities or Racial Misclassification? Fluidity in race response among American Indian birthing people in Michigan and implications for public health surveillance
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Medicine · Public Health
Discovery of the day
A new study using Michigan birth certificate data reveals that 76.1% of American Indian or Alaska Native (AIAN) birthing people changed their racial identity response across consecutive births. The researchers found that the most common pattern was transitioning from identifying as AIAN to no longer identifying as AIAN, with only 23.9% of individuals consistently reporting AIAN identity across all births. For a public health professional focused on health behavior and prevention among chronic disease populations, these findings underscore that point-in-time race data may inadequately capture AIAN identity, potentially leading to misclassification that affects the accuracy of surveillance for perinatal health outcomes and health disparities.
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