Who Are America’s Poor Children? Examining Health Disparities by Race and Ethnicity

dc.contributor.authorSeith, David
dc.contributor.authorKalof, Courtney
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-14T15:03:20Z
dc.date.available2019-08-14T15:03:20Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractGood health in childhood both reflects and predicts full social and economic participation. Conversely, social divisions by race and income are often associated with health disparities, which inhibit children from achieving their full potential. Although many would agree that health is a fundamental right, children subject to exclusion by race and class are less likely to enjoy this right. An earlier report in the NCCP Who are America’s Poor Children? series examined child health disparities by poverty status. In the introduction to that report two points were made. First, “the relationship between socioeconomic status and health is one of the most robust and well documented findings in social science…
dc.description.urihttp://nccp.org/publications/pub_1032.html
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/ylc4-usal
dc.identifier.citationSeith, David and Kalof, Courtney National Center for Children in Poverty (2011) Who Are America’s Poor Children? Examining Health Disparities by Race and Ethnicity. Other. National Center for Children in Poverty, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University.
dc.identifier.otherEprint ID 2795
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/23440
dc.publisherNational Center for Children in Poverty
dc.subjectAccess To Healthcare
dc.subjectAccess To Healthy Foods
dc.subjectDisparities
dc.subjectPrenatal & Pediatric Health
dc.subjectchildren
dc.subjectrace and class
dc.subjectchild health disparities
dc.subjectpoverty
dc.subjectsocioeconomic status
dc.titleWho Are America’s Poor Children? Examining Health Disparities by Race and Ethnicity
dc.typeTechnical Report

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