Health Issues in the Latino Community

Sweeping in scope, Health Issues in the Latino Community identifies and offers an in-depth examination of the most critical health issues that affect Latino's health and health care within the United States. This resource offers a comprehensive approach that informs and promotes the advancement of the practice, program planning, research, and public policy to improve health care of all Latino citizens.

MARILYN AGUIRRE-MOLINA is professor of public health at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York City. She has served as the executive vice president of the California Endowment and as senior program officer at The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

List of Tables and Figures

xi

Foreword

xv

Preface

xvii

Acknowledgments

xxi

The Editors

xxiii

The Contributors

xxv

PART ONE: LATINO POPULATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES

1

(74)

Latino Health Policy: Beyond Demographic Determinism

3

(20)

Angelo Falcon

Marilyn Aguirre-Molina

Carlos W. Molina

Latino Health Status

23

(32)

Olivia Carter-Pokras

Ruth Enid Zambrana

Latino Access to Health Care: The Role of Insurance, Managed Care, and Institutional Barriers

55

(20)

J. Emilio Carrillo

Fernando M. Trevino

Joseph R. Betancourt

Alberto Coustasse

PART TWO: LATINO LIFE STAGES AND HEALTH

75

(134)

The Early Years: The Health of Children and Youth

77

(30)

Glenn Flores

Ruth Enid Zambrana

The Reproductive Years: The Health of Latinas

107

(50)

Aida L. Giachello

The Later Years: The Health of Elderly Latinos

157

(22)

Valentine M. Villa

Fernando M. Torres-Gil

Latino Mental Health and Treatment in the United States

179

(30)

William A. Vega

Margarita Alegria

PART THREE: PATTERNS OF CHRONIC DISEASES AMONG LATINOS

209

(116)

The Impact of Cancer on Latino Populations

211

(34)

Amelie G. Ramirez

Lucina Suarez

Cardiovascular Disease

245

(32)

Eliseo Perez-Stable

Teresa Juarbe

Cina Moreno-John

Diabetes

277

(24)

Jose Alejandro Luchsinger

Gender, Context, and HIV Prevention Among Latinos

301

(24)

Hortensia Amaro

Rodolfo R. Vega

Dellanira Valencia

PART FOUR: OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND THE LATINO WORKFORCE

325

(56)

Occupational Health Among Latino Workers in the Urban Setting

327

(32)

Rafael Moure-Eraso

George Friedman-Jimenez

Health and Occupational Risks of Latinos Living in Rural America

359

(22)

Kathryn Azevedo

Hilda Ochoa Bogue

PART FIVE: ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, AND OTHER DRUG USE AMONG LATINOS

381

(78)

Alcohol Use And Alcohol-Related Problems Among Latinos in the United States

383

(30)

Raul Caetano

Frank Hector Galvan

Tobacco Use Among Latinos

413

(22)

Gerardo Marin

Latino Drug Use: Scope, Risk Factors, and Reduction Strategies

435

(24)

Andres G. Gill

William A. Vega

PART SIX: A NEW HEALTH AGENDA

459

(8)

Latino Health Policy: A Look to the Future

461

(6)

Marilyn Aguirre-Molina

Angelo Falcon

Carlos W. Molina

Name Index

467

(16)

Subject Index

483

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Health Issues in the Latino Community

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