Showing posts with label National Center for Children in Poverty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label National Center for Children in Poverty. Show all posts

Saturday, July 23, 2011

Health disparities among poor children

A recent article describes a new report from the National Center for Children in Poverty takes a look at the health of children in poverty. Some findings include:
- Low birth weight babies are highest among African-American children, then White, then Hispanic.
- Twice as many Hispanic children have no place to go for health care when sick compared to poor African-American and White children.