Racial Composition of Social Environments Over the Life Course Using the Pictorial Racial Composition Measure: Development and Validation Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Studies investigating the impact of racial segregation on health have reported mixed findings and tended to focus on the racial composition of neighborhoods. These studies use varying racial composition measures, such as census data or investigator-adapted questions, which are currently limited to assessing one dimension of neighborhood racial composition.

Objective

This study aims to develop and validate a novel racial segregation measure, the Pictorial Racial Composition Measure (PRCM).

Methods

The PRCM is a 10-item questionnaire of pictures representing social environments across adolescence and adulthood: neighborhoods and blocks (adolescent and current), schools and classrooms (junior high and high school), workplace, and place of worship. Cognitive in

SUBMITTER: Bather JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11342016 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature