Book Details

The Health of Aging Hispanics

Publication year: 2007

ISBN: 978-0-387-47208-9

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In this unique volume, contributions provide initial information on numerous factors that affect the health security of Mexican-origin families and individuals as they face the burdens of decline in health status and caring for children and the elderly simultaneously, including health issues before and after immigration. Also included is material addressing important issues related to the contemporary political debate on immigration and healthcare reform in the United States and Mexico. In the coming decades, collections such as this will be critical to develop a better understanding of how immigration from Latin America, Asia and Africa to the United States produces health disparities in our aging population.


Subject: Humanities, Social Science and Law, Ageing, Census, Health Care Disparities, Immigration and Health Trends, Latin America, Nation, Public Health, Public Policy