¿Cómo Están los Niños? The Health of Latino Children and Families in California
Ang isang komprehensibong bagong pag-aaral ng mga batang Latino ng California ay nagpinta ng isang masalimuot na larawan ng kanilang kalusugan at kagalingan—at nakakakita ng mga kapansin-pansing pagkakaiba sa loob ng 4.7 milyong populasyon na binubuo ng higit sa kalahati ng lahat ng mga bata sa estado.
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.
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