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Indicators of developmental and functional status of Mexican-American and Puerto Rican children.
- Source :
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Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP [J Dev Behav Pediatr] 1994 Feb; Vol. 15 (1), pp. 27-33. - Publication Year :
- 1994
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Abstract
- The overall purpose of this study was to describe the developmental and functional status of young Latino children. We analyzed data from the Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and estimated the percentages of young Mexican-American and mainland Puerto Rican children with indicators of developmental need for special services, i.e., low birth weight, use of neonatal intensive care, congenital problems, chronic conditions of developmental concern, functional limitations, and physician diagnoses of medical conditions. Estimates suggest that Puerto Rican children had substantially poorer status than Mexican-American children who, in turn, have indicators that are comparable with those reported for the general population. The difference in status between the two Latino groups merits further investigation.
- Subjects :
- Brain Damage, Chronic diagnosis
Brain Damage, Chronic epidemiology
Brain Damage, Chronic etiology
Child
Child, Preschool
Cross-Sectional Studies
Developmental Disabilities epidemiology
Developmental Disabilities etiology
Female
Health Status Indicators
Hispanic or Latino statistics & numerical data
Humans
Incidence
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Mexican Americans statistics & numerical data
Puerto Rico ethnology
Risk Factors
United States epidemiology
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Developmental Disabilities diagnosis
Hispanic or Latino psychology
Mexican Americans psychology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0196-206X
- Volume :
- 15
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 7515075
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00004703-199402000-00005