Ethnicity classification systems for public health surveys: experiences from HIV behavioural surveillance among men who have sex with men.
Nathan John LachowskyPeter J W SaxtonNigel P DicksonAnthony J HughesRhys G JonesTerryann C ClarkElsie HoAlastair J S SummerleeCate E DeweyPublished in: BMC public health (2020)
Different classification approaches alter sample sizes and identification of health inequities. Future research should strive for equal explanatory power of Indigenous and ethnic minority groups and examine additional measures such as socially-assigned ethnicity and experiences of discrimination and racism. These findings have broad implications for surveillance and research that is used to inform public health responses.