Segmented assimilation theory and perinatal health disparities among women of Mexican descent

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 101-109

  Johnson, Michelle A ^a   Marchi, Kristen S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UCSF Center on Social Disparities in Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Health disparities; Infant low birth weight; Maternal and child health; Mexican American; Neighborhoods; Segmented assimilation theory; Social capital; USA

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; CENSUS; CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH STATUS; IMMIGRANT; LATINO PEOPLE; MATERNAL HEALTH; NEIGHBORHOOD; SOCIAL CAPITAL; WOMENS STATUS;

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; IMMIGRANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEXICO; PERINATAL PERIOD; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; THEORY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PERINATAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649283708     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.04.008     Document Type: Article

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