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Displaying records 21 through 40 (101 total).

Hernandez DJ, Cervantes W. 2011. Children in immigrant families: Ensuring opportunity for every child in America. Washington, DC: First Focus, 26 pp.

Annotation: This policy brief highlights the similarities and differences in circumstances of children in immigrant and native born families, drawing on key indicators from the Foundation for Child Development and Child Well-Being Index (CWI) and additional sources that provide data on citizenship, language skills, and other factors that pertain to children in immigrant families. The brief summarizes key findings based on health indicators that include citizenship, social relationships, community connectedness, family economic well-being, and language skills. The brief also discusses recently passed federal legislation related to children in immigrant families and points to policies aimed at ensuring that the United Sates is securing its future by providing opportunity for every child.

Keywords: Children, Comparative analysis, Data, Families, Immigrants, Legislation, Public policy, Statistics

Cervantes W. 2011. Children of immigrants and nutrition supports. Washington, DC: First Focus, 2 pp.

Annotation: This paper discusses food insecurity among children of immigrants, its consequences, and programs that are available to help. The paper explains why immigrant parents frequently fail to make use of such programs, even if they are eligible; why some programs are more successful than others at enrolling immigrant families; and the effect of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act.

Keywords: Children, Eligibility, Enrollment, Hunger, Immigrants, Low income groups, Outreach, Parents, Poverty, Programs, School breakfast programs, School lunch programs, Supplemental food programs, WIC program

Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and Brookings Institution. 2011. Immigrant children. Princeton, NJ: Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs; Washington, DC: Brookings Institution, 266 pp. (The future of children; v. 21, no. 1, Spring 2011)

Annotation: This issue of The Future of Children examines the well-being of immigrant children and what can be done to improve their education attainment, health, social and cognitive development, and long-term prospects for economic mobility. The issue discusses demographic trends, family arrangements, educational trends and differentials, health status, social integration, and participation in welfare and other public programs. Policies to improve the well-being of immigrant chldren are also presented.

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Keywords: Child development, Children, Cognitive development, Demography, Economic factors, Educational attainment, Families, Health, Immigrants, Public policy, Trends, Welfare

Gomez OC, Day L, Artiga S. 2011. Connecting eligible immigrant families to health coverage and care: Key lessons from outreach and enrollment workers. Washington, DC: Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, 15 pp. (Issue paper)

Annotation: This report identifies the role of Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for immigrant families; describes the key barriers that lawfully-residing immigrant families face in accessing health coverage; and presents community-based strategies that have proven successful in overcoming these barriers. The report is based on findings from four focus groups that were conducted during July and August 2011 with outreach workers who serve immigrant communities in California, the District of Columbia, and Florida.

Keywords: Health status disparities, Access to health care, Barriers, Children's Health Insurance Program, Community programs, Enrollment, Health care reform, Immigrants, Medicaid

Bucio GO. 2011. Helping Latin-American immigrant pregnant women exposed to trauma: Reflections on mirroring. Durham, NC: National Child Traumatic Stress Network, 2 pp. (Spotlight on culture)

Annotation: This document defines maternal "mirroring" within the context of culture, explains how it can be used to help mothers work through traumatic experiences, and examines ways that therapists can use it to foster the mother-infant relationship during the perinatal period.

Keywords: Acculturation, Cultural factors, Hispanic Americans, Immigrants, Immigration, Latin America, Mother child relations, Perinatal health, Posttraumatic stress disorder, Pregnant women, Psychotherapy, Trauma

Mather M, Foxen P. 2010. America's future: Latino child well-being in numbers and trends. Washington, DC: National Council of La Raza, 29 pp.

Annotation: This data book offers a comprehensive overview of the state of Latino children and adolescents under age 18 in the United States by integrating a range of key factors and outcomes in the areas of demography, citizenship, family structure, poverty, health, education, and juvenile justice. The data book provides an overview of current national and state-level trends from Latino children and adolescents relative to non-Hispanic white and black children and adolescents, documenting both regional variations and changing trends since the year 2000. Topics include population trends and geographic distribution, nativity status and citizenship, family structure and income, education and language, health, and juvenile justice.

Keywords: Adolescent pregnancy, Adolescents, Children, Education, Families, Health, Hispanic Americans, Immigrants, Juvenile justice, Language, Language barriers, Medical home, Obesity, Poverty, Statistical data, Trends, Uninsured persons

Spielberger J, Rich L, Winje C, Scannell M. 2010. Supporting low-income parents of young children: The Palm Beach County Family Study fourth annual report. Chicago, IL: Chapin Hall, 187 pp.

Annotation: This report presents finding from the fourth year of an evaluation conducted to determine how families use and are affected by Florida's Palm Beach County's system of prevention and early intervention services designed to promote and support the healthy development and school readiness of children from birth through age 8. The system so far has focused on families at high levels of poverty, adolescent pregnancy, crime, and child maltreatment. The report, carried out when the focal child was ages 3 to 3 1/2, looks at changes in family characteristics, service use, and selected maternal and child outcomes over time. It also provides information about opportunities, challenges, and recommendations for the county's effort, particularly in meeting the needs of foreign-born families and supporting the development of their children.

Keywords: Child development, Child health, Early intervention, Evaluation, Families, Florida, Health promotion, Health services, Immigrants, Infant development, Infant health, Local programs, Poverty, Prevention, School readiness, Social services

Landale NS, McHale S, Booth A, eds. 2010. Growing up Hispanic: Health and development of children of immigrants. Washington, DC: Urban Institute Press, 388 pp.

Annotation: This book, which focuses on the experiences of Hispanic children in immigrant families, comprises contributions that are based on papers presented at the 16th Annual Penn State Symposium on Family Issues in October 2008. The book is divided into four parts: social context; structure and process and their implications for child and adolescent development; schooling and development; and access to health care and well-being.

Keywords: Education, Access to health care, Adolescent development, Adolescent health, Adolescents, Child development, Child health, Children, Families, Hispanic Americans, Immigrants, Social conditions

Sullivan J. 2010. Expanding coverage for recent immigrants: CHIPRA gives states new options. Washington, DC: Families USA, 11 pp.

Annotation: This issue brief is one in a series that examines new provisions included in the 2009 reauthorization of the Children's Health Insurance Program) and how they will affect implementation. The brief explains basic changes to eligibility rules for immigrants under the reauthorization and discusses who is eligible for coverage, what is meant by lawfully residing, how the reauthorization changes income calculations, how many people could be covered under the new option that relaxes eligibility rules for some new immigrants, how the new option is financed, whether states are taking advantage of the new option, and why states should expand coverage.

Keywords: Children's Health Insurance Program, Eligibility, Financing, Immigrants, Income factors, Legislations, State programs

McNeely C, Sprecher K, Bates D. 2010. Comparative case study of caring across communities: Identifying essential components of comprehensive school-linked mental health services for refugee and immigrant children. Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee, Center for the Study of Youth and Political Violence and Department of Public Health, 42 pp.

Annotation: This document reports on a qualitative evaluation of the Caring Across Communities program, an initiative that supports the development of school-connected mental health care models to reduce emotional and behavioral health problems among children in low-income, refugee, or immigrant communities. The report provides background on the study, lists program sites, discusses the study methods, and presents findings.

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Keywords: Cultural factors, Families, Health care delivery, Immigrants, Initiatives, Language barriers, Low income groups, Mental disorders, Mental health, Parents, Prevention, Program evaluation, Refugees, School health

Jones L, Parker JD, Mendola P. 2010. Blood lead and mercury levels in pregnant women in the United States, 2003-2008. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics, 7 pp. (NCHS data brief, no. 52)

Annotation: This report presents geometric mean lead and mercury blood levels of pregnant women in the United States. The report compares mercury and lead levels by pregnant vs. non-pregnant women, by women's ages, for pregnant women with no prior pregnancies vs. those with prior pregnancies, by education level, by race and ethnicity, and by Mexican-American women born in Mexico vs. those born in the United States.

Keywords: Age factors, Educational attainment, Environmental exposure, Ethnic factors, Immigrants, Lead poisoning, Mercury, Pregnant women, Racial factors, Statistical data

2009–. Basic facts about low-income children. New York, NY: National Center for Children in Poverty, multiple items. (Fact sheets)

Annotation: These fact sheets provide information about poverty among children and adolescents. Topics include the number of children living in families with low incomes; how the percentage of children in low-income and poor families changed over time; how they compare to the rest of the population; and how they vary by age, race/ethnicity, and parents' nativity. Family characteristics, residency, and health insurance status are also addressed.

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Keywords: Adolescents, Children, Economic factors, Ethnic factors, Families, Geographic factors, Health insurance, Immigrants, Low income groups, Parents, Poverty, Racial factors, Statistical data, Trends

Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. 2009. Covering uninsured children: Reaching and enrolling citizen children with non-citizen parents. Washington, DC: Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, 7 pp (Policy brief)

Annotation: This policy brief examines health insurance coverage for children with low incomes (below 200% of the federal poverty level) in mixed-status families (families in which the child is a citizen and the parent is a non-citizen) and identifies some of the specific enrollment barriers for these children. The brief presents findings regarding (1) family work status, income, and health insurance coverage and (2) knowledge of Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program. The brief also discusses implications.

Keywords: , Child health, Enrollment, Families, Health insurance, Immigrants, Income factors, Low income groups, Medicaid, Public policy, State Children's Health Insurance Program, Uninsured persons

Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured and Georgetown University Health Policy Institute Center for Children and Families. 2009. Citizenship documentation changes. Washington, DC: Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured and Georgetown University Health Policy Institute, Center for Children and Families, 5 pp. (CHIP tips)

Annotation: This report provides information about new requirements for documenting citizenship since the recently enacted Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) reauthorization law (known as CHIPRA). The report explains what happened before CHIPRA, what changes CHIPRA makes, how the changes work, and what are the choices for states. Key dates for citizenship documentation changes are provided, as well as resources for more information.

Keywords: Eligibility, Health care financing, Immigrants, Low income groups, Medicaid, State Children's Health Insurance Program, State programs

Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. 2009. New options for states to provide federally funded Medicaid and CHIP coverage to additional immigrant children and pregnant women. Washington, DC: Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, 3 pp.

Annotation: This report focuses on a survey of the 50 states and the District of Columbia on how states are using state funds to provide health coverage to legal immigrant children and pregnant women through Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) , or another state program. The report also discusses changes that have occurred as a result of the CHIP Reauthorization Act. Findings and policy implications are discussed.

Keywords: Children, Children's Health Insurance Program, Financing, Immigrants, Low income groups, Medicaid, Pregnant women, Public policy, State programs, Uninsured persons

Fortuny K, Capps R, Simms M, Chaudry A. 2009. Children of immigrants: National and state characteristics. Washington, DC: Urban Institute, 18 pp. (Perspectives on low-income working families, brief 9)

Annotation: This report describes characteristics of children of immigrants such as concentration and dispersal, ethnicity, and risk and protective factors at the national and state level based on 2005 and 2006 American Community Survey data. It assesses the impact of this group on public services.

Keywords: Children, Demographics, Immigrants, Statistics

National Population Council of Mexico, Health Initiative of the Americas, University of California, Berkeley. 2009. Migration and health: The children of Mexican immigrants in the U.S.. Berkeley, CA: Health Initiative of the Americas, University of California, Berkeley, 45 pp.

Annotation: This report constitutes a systematic comparison of children of Mexican immigrant families with native-born white children, African-American children, and the children of immigrants from other countries. The report (1) provides an overview of the general tendencies of children of Mexican immigrants in the United States, (2) analyzes the impact of socio-demographics of Mexican immigrant families on the health of their children, (3) discusses rates of use of medical and health services, and (4) discusses the state of health of children of Mexican immigrants in the United States. It is available in English and Spanish.

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Keywords: Child health, Ethnic factors, Families, Health care utilization, Health insurance, Immigrants, Mexican Americans, Racial factors, Spanish language materials

Allen M, Svetaz MV, Hardeman R, Resnick MD. 2008. What research tells us about Latino parenting practices and their relationship to youth sexual behavior. Washington, DC: National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, 20 pp.

Annotation: This paper synthesizes research addressing questions of how Latino parents' values, parenting practices, and potential experiences of discrimination, poverty, and barriers to accessing resources help shape Latino adolescent sexual behavior. The paper begins by describing the what is known about parenting practices as they relate to adolescent sexual behaviors. Next, the paper focuses on the strengths and challenges of immigrant parents in developing bicultural parenting practices.The paper then presents interventions that have demonstrated improvement in adolescent behavioral outcomes through enhancement of parenting practices. Finally, the paper presents the research, programmatic, and policy implications of the results. Also included are a list of tips for providers who work with Latino families and one appendix: a script for discussion of confidential medical care. The paper includes references and an executive summary, as well.

Keywords: Access to care, Adolescent behavior, Adolescent sexuality, Cultural factors, Discrimination, Families, Hispanic Americans, Immigrants, Intervention, Moral values, Parenting, Parents, Poverty, Public policy, Research

Sing M. 2008. Differences in access to care for non-Hispanic Asian and non-Hispanic white children, 2002-2005. Rockville, MD: U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 7 pp. (MEPS statistical brief, no. 224)

Annotation: This brief compares access to health care for three groups of non-Hispanic Asian and white children and adolescents ages 2-17: (1) all children and adolescents, (2) children and adolescent born in the United States, and (3) immigrants. It presents data on the average percentage of children and adolescents in the past year who had (1) a usual source of care, (2) one or more office visits, (3) one or more dental visits, (4) no health insurance coverage for an entire calendar year, and (5) no health insurance coverage for an 6 to 12 months in the past year.

Keywords: Access to health care, Adolescent health, Asian Americans, Child health, Immigrants, Oral health, Statistical data, Uninsured persons, Whites

Artiga S, Schwartz K. 2007. Health insurance coverage and access to care for low-income non-citizen children. Washington, DC: Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, 5 pp.

Annotation: This brief examines health coverage and access to care for low-income non-citizen children to provide insight into the challenges they face. A description of the characteristics of immigrant children is provided, along with a review of the lack of health insurance, lack of access to care, and the implications for lack of preventive and other health care for these children.

Keywords: Access to health care, Child health, Children, Health insurance, Immigrants

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