Puerto Rican women and children
Subtitle: issues in health, growth, and development
By: edited by Gontran Lamberty and Cynthia Garcia Coll.
Contributors: Lamberty, Gontran.; García Coll, Cynthia T.
Series: Topics in social psychiatry; The Language of science
Publisher: Plenum Press; Springer; Kluwer Academic Publishers
Published: 1994
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 285
Subjects: Puerto Rican women -- Health and hygiene -- United States -- Congresses; Puerto Rican children -- Health and hygiene -- United States -- Congresses; Child Welfare; Maternal Welfare; Health Status; Maternal Health Services -- Puerto Rico; Maternal Health Services -- United States; Child Health Services -- Puerto Rico; Child Health Services -- United States
Description: "Wide-ranging, lengthy collection of papers on Puerto Ricans on the mainland and the island includes Clara E. Rodriguez's historical review of Puerto Rican immigration to the US. Other chapters present information on Puerto Rican fertility, the problem of AIDS, bilingual education, pediatric care, and children's health and physical growth"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.