1. Indicators of developmental and functional status of Mexican-American and Puerto Rican children.
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Arcia E, Keyes L, and Gallagher JJ
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- 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
- 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.
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- 1994
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