Parental Nativity Affects Children's Health and Access to Care

被引:30
作者
Weathers, Andrea C. [1 ]
Novak, Scott P. [2 ]
Sastry, Narayan [3 ]
Norton, Edward C. [4 ]
机构
[1] Univ N Carolina, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Maternal & Child Hlth, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 USA
[2] Res Triangle Inst, Div Hlth Social & Econ Res, Res Triangle Pk, NC 27709 USA
[3] Univ Michigan, Inst Social Res, Ann Arbor, MI USA
[4] Univ N Carolina, Dept Hlth Policy & Adm, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 USA
关键词
Child health access; Immigrants; Latino health; Child health;
D O I
10.1007/s10903-007-9061-y
中图分类号
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
Objective To examine the effect of parental nativity on child health and access to health care. Data Source The 2002 National Survey of America's Families. Results Among US children, 14% have foreign-born parents; 5% have one foreign-and one native-born parent ("mixed-nativity"). In multivariate logistic regression analyses, children with foreign-born parents were less likely than children with US-born parents to be perceived in "very good" or "excellent health" [OR = 0.68; 95% CI (0.56-0.82)] and to have a usual health care site [OR = 0.52 (0.38-0.69)]; having mixed-nativity parents is associated with better perceived child health. These effects persisted for minority, but not white, children. Regardless of race and ethnicity, non-citizen children have worse access to care. Conclusion Efforts to improve children of immigrants' health and access to care should focus on families in which both parents are immigrants, particularly those who are ethnic or racial minorities. Efforts to increase use of health services should focus on non-citizen children.
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页码:155 / 165
页数:11
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