Barriers to Obesity Prevention in Head Start
March 1, 2010 | Journal Article
As the nation's largest federally-funded early childhood education program, Head Start has enormous potential to reach a population of children at high risk for obesity.
Cultural, Gender, Racial, Religious and Ethnic Barriers
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Determinants of Health Insurance Status for Children of Latino Immigrant and Other US Farm Workers
December 1, 2008 | Journal Article
Children of U.S. farm workers are three times more likely to be uninsured than other U.S. children. Data from a national study of farm workers suggest this disparity can be addressed through insurance reform and outreach programs.
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Early Childhood Health and Health Care
January 1, 2005 | Journal Article
Racial/ethnic disparities in health care have received much national attention recently, but few studies have focused on disparities among children. We studied disparities in early childhood health and health care. This study analyzed data for 2,608 ...
Toward a Policy-Relevant Analysis of Geographic and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Child Health
March 1, 2008 | Journal Article
Health disparities are rooted in social factors, such as residential segregation and unequal geography of opportunity.
Racial and Ethnic Differentials in Overweight and Obesity Among 3-Year-Old Children
February 1, 2007 | Journal Article
Children's problems with overweight and obesity begin as early as age 3 and Hispanic children and those with obese mothers are especially at risk.
Iron Deficiency in Early Childhood in the United States
September 1, 2007 | Journal Article
The current article explored risk factors for iron deficiency for toddlers in the United States with a focus on Hispanic toddlers. Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey IV (NHANES IV), conducted between 1999 and 2002, yielde ...
Health Selection and the Process of Social Stratification
December 1, 2006 | Journal Article
This study uses data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics to examine three questions: 1) does poor health in childhood affect the amount of education completed, future occupation, labor earnings, or wealth accumulation? 2) Is childhood health a m ...
Providing Aid to Children Released to North Carolina from Immigrant Detention
October 22, 2010 | Program Result
The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants developed a pilot project to provide aid to children who are released from immigrant detention in North Carolina - which has one of the fastest-growing immigrant populations in the country.
Household Instability, Area Poverty, and Obesity in Urban Mothers and Their Children
February 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Understanding the interaction of the home and neighborhood environments may be crucial for the implementation of successful obesity-control interventions. This article analyzes a study of household instability, neighborhood poverty levels and obesity risk in new mothers and their children.
What is Needed to Reverse the Trends in Childhood Obesity?
December 1, 2008 | Journal Article
The Society of Behavioral Medicine identified childhood obesity as a special focus of its 2007 annual meeting in Washington D.C. The meeting and its activities had a general goal of identifying the causes of obesity from a social and ecological perspective.