NUTRITION
CHILD NUTRITION
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Question
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When collecting and reporting racial and ethnic data, which of the following is not a standard operating procedure?
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Child Nutrition Program staff can change racial and ethnic data recorded by a program participant.
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Child Nutrition Program participants should be encouraged to provide ethnic data when possible.
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All questions regarding a child’s race and ethnicity must be posed to parents and/or legal guardians.
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Children are not to be surveyed.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The OMB minimum categories for race are: American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Black or African American, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and White. The OMB minimum categories for ethnicity are: Hispanic or Latino and Not Hispanic or Latino.
Detailed explanation-2: -Race and ethnicity do not have standard scientific definitions making these variables difficult to measure. Without a standard scientific definition, many question whether meaningful comparative research can be done when there is so much opportunity for misclassification.
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