Research instrument on experiences of discrimination

Posted by on September 2, 2005

[posted from Community Based Participatory Research listserv]

A newly validated instrument designed to measure “Experiences of Discrimination” for health research on racism is now available online. Instructions for its use can be freely accessed at the following website: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/faculty/NancyKrieger.html

The instrument is free, but to gain access you need to register

Below is a citation on the instrument:

Krieger N, Smith K, Naishadham D, Hartman C, Barbeau EM. Experiences of discrimination: validity and reliability of a self-report measure for population health research on racism and health.
Soc Sci Med 2005; 61:1576-1596.

“….Population health research on racial discrimination is hampered by a paucity of psychometrically validated instruments that can be feasibly used in large-scale studies. We therefore sought to investigate the validity and reliability of a short self-report instrument, the “Experiences of Discrimination” (EOD) measure, based on a prior instrument used in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study….”