Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Some peer reviewed articles that I came across...

Adverse Birth Outcomes Among Mexican Americans: Are U.S. Born Women at Greater Risk than Mexico-born Women? Crump, Lipsky and Mueller. Ethnicity & Health, 1999; 4(1/2): 29-34.

Social Disparities in Maternal Morbidity During Labor and Delivery Between Mexican-Born and US born White Californians, 1996-1998. Guendelman, Thornton, Gouldm and Hosang. Am J. Public Health. 2005 December; 95 (12):2218-2224.

A Randomized Controlled Trial Assessing the Efficacy of Peer Counseling on Exclusive Breastfeeding in a Predominantly Latina Low-Income Community. Anderson, Damio, Young, Chapman and Perez-Escamilla. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med; Volume 159. Sep 2005. Accessed 6.22.2010 www.archpediatrics.com.

Website finds...

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5340a1.htm
CDC discussion on Hispanic Health Disparities

http://erc.msh.org/mainpage.cfm?file=7.4.0.htm&module=provider&language=English
Hispanic/Latino Health Disparities overview

http://www.hispanichealth.com/hhc/
Hispanic Health Council: Research, Services, Policy/Advocacy

Sunday, June 13, 2010

Friday, June 4, 2010

Links of interest...

http://www.latinainstitute.org/
http://latinainstitute.wordpress.com/
http://radicaldoula.com/
http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/blog/2010/04/raising-the-volume-of-womens-voices-lorenza-holt
http://www.kff.org/minorityhealth/rehc061009pkg.cfm
http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/blog/2010/04/providing-sexual-health-info-promotoras-de-la-salud-sexual-community-educators
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5340a1.htm (for information on Health Disparities Experienced by Hispanics)