▪ Abstract Our ability, as leaders in public health scholarship and practice, to achieve and
measure progress in addressing racial/ethnic disparities in health status and health care is …

OBJECTIVE: The authors investigated whether there are disparities in the rates of specialty
mental health care for Latinos and African Americans compared with non-Latino whites in the …

Between 1981 and 1995, approximately 5 million people from either Mexico, Cuba, Central
America, or South America immigrated to the United States. Some regional studies have …

… Jie Chen received support from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (grant
5R24HS022135-02) and Alexander N. Ortega received support from the National Heart, Lung, …

Background We compared access to health care, use of services, and health care
experiences for Mexicans and other Latinos by citizenship and immigrant authorization status. …

Growing evidence suggests that lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults may be at elevated risk
for mental health and substance use disorders, possibly due to anti-gay stigma. Little of this …

The objective of this study is to identify differences in healthcare access and utilization among
Mexican immigrants by documentation status. Cross-sectional survey data are analyzed to …

Background: Hispanic Americans are often treated as a monolithic ethnic group with a single
pattern of healthcare utilization. However, there could be considerable differences within …

Asthma is a serious and vexing problem for many children and their families. Asthma, like
most syndromes, has many symptoms and potential causes and effects. Studies have shown …

The changing Latino demographic in the United States presents a number of challenges to
health care policy makers, clinicians, organizations, and other stakeholders. Studies have …