Minority Children

MEPS Chartbook, No. 2:
Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health, 1996

Research Findings

Research Activities, October 2012:
Physicians' implicit racial attitudes influence prescribing of opioids for black children
Research Activities, September 2012:
Radionovela promotes awareness and knowledge of cervical cancer vaccine among Hispanic parents
Research Activities, June 2011:
Obesity among South Carolina children differs by age, gender, and race
Research Activities, May 2011:
Studies examine black mothers' choices for infant sleep position and location
Research Activities, January 2011:
Black mothers skeptical of relationship between infant sleep position and SIDS
Research Activities, September 2010:
Minority pediatricians are more likely to care for minority children
Research Activities, August 2010:
Care setting affects likelihood that children with persistent asthma will receive inhaled steroids
Research Activities, June 2010:
Black children are more likely to be hospitalized for a ruptured appendix than white children
Research Activities, April 2010:
Rotavirus was culprit in one-fourth of children's diarrhea-related emergency department visits prior to vaccine
Research Activities, March 2010:
Poverty, race, and gender are all factors in the epidemic of severely obese children
Lower socioeconomic status in childhood linked to racial differences in disability during adulthood
Advantage of high survival rates among low-weight black infants has waned over time
Research Activities, February 2010:
Only one-third of adolescents are screened for emotional health during routine physicals
Research Activities, October 2009:
Factors other than gender are associated with poor growth in urban children
Research Activities, June 2009:
Minority children from disadvantaged families use more urgent care and less preventive care for their asthma
Research Activities, February 2009:
Minority children with asthma frequently use emergency departments for care

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