Puerto Rican Women and Children: Issues in Health, Growth, and Development

ISBN-13: 9780306446153 / Angielski / Twarda / 1994 / 285 str.

Gontran Lamberty; Gontram Lamberty; Cynthia Garcia Coll

Opis

Wide-ranging, lengthy collection of papers on Puerto Ricans on the mainland and the island includes Clara E. Rodriguez's historical review of Puerto Rican immigration to the US. Other chapters present information on Puerto Rican fertility, the problem of AIDS, bilingual education, pediatric care, a

Spis treści

Summary of Puerto Rican Migration; C.E. Rodriquez. Entromundos; I. Zavala-Martinez. Maternal and Child Health and Health Care in Puerto Rico; P.J. Santiago-Borrero, M. Valcarcel. Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome in Women and Children in Puerto Rico; C. Zorrilla, et al. Demographic and Health Characteristics of Puerto Rican Mothers and Their Babies; S.J. Ventura. Characteristics of Childbearing Hispanic Women in New York City; S. Lederman, D. Sierra. HIV Infection and AIDS Among Women; B. Kilbourne, et al. Physical Growth, Sexual Maturation, and Obesity in Puerto Rican Children; R. Martorell, et al. The Cultural Context of Adolescent Childrearing in Three Groups of Urban Minority Mothers; G. Wasserman, et al. The Cognitive, Behavioral, and Health Status of Mainland Puerto Rican Children in the Infant Health and Development Program; G. McCarton, et al. Distinguishing Among Proficiency, Choice, and Attitudes in Questions About Language for Bilinguals; K. Hakuta. 4 additional articles. Index.