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[Agency] AHRQ [Project Title] Improving Data & Enhancing Access (IDEA) [Institution] Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board [Amount] $0 [Summary] Correctly assessing the health status of American Indians/Alaska Natives (AI/AN) and other minority populations is complicated by the fact that public health data sources often fail to capture accurate race information. Using the most complete roster of Northwest AI/AN available, the improving data & enhancing access-Northwest (IDEA-NW) Project will complete probabilistic record linkages with external datasets in a three-state region to identify and correct inaccurate race data for AI/AN. Repeating these linkages at regular intervals will allow for an evaluation of the extent of racial misclassification in these data systems over time, and provide measures of the project's success in these mitigating errors. The result will be improved ascertainment of true rates and trends in specific health conditions affecting Northwest AI/AN, informing local and regional efforts to eliminate health disparities. [Completion/ Closing Date] 10/02/2010 [Link] link [Category] 
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