Moving beyond the status quo in reducing racial and ethnic disparities in children's health

Public Health Reports

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 370-377

  Andrulis, Dennis P ^a,b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bellet Bldg   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CITY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOCUMENTATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; LIFE CYCLE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEGRO; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH; INFANT WELFARE; NEWBORN; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL WELFARE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PREJUDICE; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 22844441531     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 00333549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490512000403     Document Type: Review

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