The new standards include a new requirement to add Mexican American and Chicano/a, Puerto Rican, Cuban and other Hispanic Latino/a or Spanish origin as explicit categories on all HHS-sponsored health surveys. The new data collection requirements also will improve researchers’ ability to consistently monitor more dimensions of health disparities among people with disabilities.
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