Children's mental health and collective violence: A binational study on the United States-Mexico border

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 411-416

  Leiner, Marie ^a   Puertas, Hector ^b   Caratachea, Raúl ^b   Avila, Carmen ^c   Atluru, Aparna ^a   Briones, David ^a   De Vargas, Cecilia ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b SECRETARÍA DE SALUD   (Mexico)

^c El Colegio de   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Adolescent health; Border health; Child behavior; Crime; Mental health; Mexico; Poverty; United States; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; BORDER REGION; CHILD HEALTH; CRIME; DISABILITY; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; MENTAL HEALTH; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGY; VIOLENCE;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MEXICO; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MEXICO; POVERTY; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864222091     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: 16805348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1020-49892012000500009     Document Type: Article

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