Health, Well-being, and Health Care Access in Rural Communities: Comparing Latino and Non-Latino White Low-income Families

2018  Journal Article

Health, Well-being, and Health Care Access in Rural Communities: Comparing Latino and Non-Latino White Low-income Families

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This study explores how low-income rural Latino children and their mothers differ from their non-Latino white counterparts in terms of health, well-being, and health care access, and suggests that Latino children's families were disadvantaged in Terms of child health and access to health care.

 

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Abstract

This study explores how low-income rural Latino children and their mothers differ from their non-Latino white counterparts in terms of health, well-being, and health care access. A subsample of non-Latino white (n = 201) and Latino (n = 157) children and their mothers was drawn from the Rural Families Speak about Health Project, a multistate, cross-sectional data set developed through mixed purposive sampling methods. Findings suggest that Latino children's families were disadvantaged in terms of child health and access to health care, whereas non-Latino white children's families were disadvantaged in terms of child behavior problems and maternal health and depression.

Cancel-Tirado, D.I., Feeney, S.L., Washburn, I.J., Greder, K.A., Sano, Y. (2018) Health, Well-being, and Health Care Access in Rural Communities: Comparing Latino and Non-Latino White Low-income FamiliesFamily & Community Health41