¿Cómo Están los Niños? The Health of Latino Children and Families in California
カリフォルニア州のラテン系児童を対象とした新しい包括的な調査により、彼らの健康と幸福の複雑な様相が浮かび上がり、州内の児童の半数以上を占める 470 万人の人口内で顕著な違いが明らかになった。
More than 94% of these children were born in the United States. And while many Latino children live in poverty, are uninsured and have higher rates of obesity than their white counterparts, Latino children have comparable access to preventive health care and most of their parents report them as being in “good” or “excellent” health.
However, the researchers also found that children living in “linguistically isolated” families, where Spanish is primarily spoken, face far greater challenges in health access and educational achievement compared to children in families where both English and Spanish are spoken. The research was conducted by the Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative under the direction of Christina Bethell.
