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Latina health in the United States : a public health reader / Marilyn Aguirre-Molina, Carlos W. Molina, editors.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, c2003.Edition: 1st edDescription: xxxv, 651 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0787965790
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • RA778.4.H57 L38 2003
Contents:
Overview and critical issues affecting Latina health -- Risk factors and disparities among Latinas -- Sexual and reproductive health issues -- Chronic conditions: heart disease, cancer, and diabetes -- Alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs -- Mental health -- The next generation: Latina adolescents -- Rural and migrant farmworker Latinas -- Special issues : Relation of demographic and lifestyle factors to symptoms in a multiracial/ethnic population of women forty- to fifty-five years of age ; Lesbian women of color: triple jeopardy ; Prevalence and predictors of physical partner abuse among Mexican American women ; Acculturation and disordered eating patterns among Mexican American women ; Welfare reform and its impact on Latino families.
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Book Book Janis P. Bellack Library General Stacks DIV MUL LATHEA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 36349000002641

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Overview and critical issues affecting Latina health -- Risk factors and disparities among Latinas -- Sexual and reproductive health issues -- Chronic conditions: heart disease, cancer, and diabetes -- Alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs -- Mental health -- The next generation: Latina adolescents -- Rural and migrant farmworker Latinas -- Special issues : Relation of demographic and lifestyle factors to symptoms in a multiracial/ethnic population of women forty- to fifty-five years of age ; Lesbian women of color: triple jeopardy ; Prevalence and predictors of physical partner abuse among Mexican American women ; Acculturation and disordered eating patterns among Mexican American women ; Welfare reform and its impact on Latino families.

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