At risk
Subtitle: Latino children's health
By: edited by Rafael Pérez-Escamilla, Hugo Melgar-Quiñonez
Publisher: Arte Público Press; Arte Publico Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Houston, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9781558857087
Subjects: Health and hygiene; Socioeconomic Factors; Health Policy; Hispanic Americans; Economic conditions; Social conditions; Child Welfare; Children
Other titles: Latino children's health
Description: According to the United Nations, the United States spends more per capita on health care than any other nation in the world, yet ranks 42nd in life expectancy. Obesity contributes to this unfortunate situation. Experts agree that if the current obesity trends are not overturned, today's children will be the first to have a life expectancy shorter than their parents. In their introduction, editors Rafael Perez-Escamilla and Hugo Melgar-Quinonez note that the future of the country's well-being is closely tied to that of its Latino children. Several social, economic and environmental factors influence children's health and well-being. Overall, Latinos in the U.S. confront higher levels of poverty and have lower levels of education and English-language proficiency. Because of financial instability, they have less access to healthy foods and health care services. In 2009, almost 35% of Latino children lived in households that experienced food insecurity, and obesity and diabetes are rampant in the community. Written by the country's leading experts in Latino children's health, the ten articles included in this landmark volume examine the key issues that affect the well-being of the fastest growing segment of the U.S. population. In each chapter, the major challenges and problems are outlined, and policy and programmatic changes are suggested. -- Publisher Description
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Latino children's health and the environment / George Flores ... [et al.]; title: Impact of promotores de salud on pregnancy and child health outcomes / Sofia Segura-Pérez, Hector Balcazar, and Katherine Morel; title: Early feeding practices : breastfeeding and complementary feeding among U.S. Latinos / Donna J. Chapman and Ana Claudia Zubieta; title: My child is not fat, he's just chubby : a Latino/a parenting perspective / Norma Olvera, Gretchen George, and Lucia L. Kaiser; title: Obesity and school nutrition programs / Gail Woodward-Lopez and Wendi Gosliner; title: Television viewing and physical activity among Latino children / Jason A. Mendoza and Cristina S. Barroso; title: Household food insecurity and consequences for Latino children / Hugo Melgar-Quiñonez and Rafael Pérez-Escamilla; title: The burden of injury among Latino youth / Federico E. Vaca and Craig L. Anderson; title: Latino youth's substance use intentions : parental acculturation trajectories and parent-youth relationship factors / Felipe González Castro ... [et al.]; title: Economic analysis of treating and preventing type 2 diabetes : implications for Latino families / Roberto P. Treviño.