عنوان

The health of aging Hispanics :

(Number (ISBN

0387472061 (alk. paper)

(Number (ISBN

9780387472065 (alk. paper)

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Title Proper

The health of aging Hispanics :

General Material Designation

[Book]

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the Mexican-origin population /

First Statement of Responsibility

[edited by] Jacqueline L. Angel, Keith E. Whitfield

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Springer,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

c2007

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xiv, 294 p. :

Other Physical Details

ill. ;

Dimensions

25 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Text of Note

Setting the stage: Hispanic health and aging in the Americas / Jacqueline L. Angel and Keith E. Whitfield -- SECTION 1. EXPLORING THE HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OF HISPANIC MORTALITY: Health status of elderly Hispanics in the United States / Alberto Palloni -- Census disability rates among older people by race/ethnicity and type of Hispanic origin / Kyriakos S. Markide, Karl Eschbach, Laura A. Ray, and M. Kristen Peek -- Disability and active life expectancy of older U.S.-and foreign-born Mexican Americans / Karl Eschbach, Soham Al-Snih, Kyriakos S. Markides, and James S. Goodwin -- Predictors of decline in cognitive status, incidence of dementia/CIND and all-cause mortality in older Latinos: The role of nativity and cultural orientation in the Sacramento Area Latino Study on Aging / Mary N. Haan, Vivian Colon Lopez, Kari M. Moore, and Hector M. Gonzalez, Kala Mehta, and Ladson Hinton -- Education and mortality risk among Hispanic adults in the United States / Sarah A. McKinnon and Robert A. Hummer -- Does longer life mean better health? Not for native-born Mexican Americans in the Health and Retirement Survey / Mark D. Hayward, David F. Warner, and Eileen M. Crimmins -- SECTION 2. CONTEXTUALIZING SUPPORT AND MEXICAN-ORIGIN HEALTH IN OLD AGE: ISSUES OF FAMILY, MIGRATION, AND INCOME: Dynamics of intergenerational assistance in middle- and old-age in Mexico / Rebeca Wong and Monica Higgins -- Aging, health and migration: The voices of the elderly poor in Mexico / V. Nelly Salgado de Snyder -- Aging and health interrelations at the United States-Mexico border / Roberto Ham-Chande -- Colonias, informal homestead subdivisions, and self-help care for the elderly among Mexican populations in the United States / Peter M. Ward -- SECTION 3. ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE SERVICES AMONG ELDERLY HISPANICS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO MEXICAN AMERICANS: Disparities and access barriers to health care among Mexican American elders / Fernando Trevino and Alberto Coustasse -- Lack of health insurance coverage and mortality among Latino elderly in the United States / Rogelio Saenz and Mercedes Rubio -- Access issues in the care of Mexican-origin elders: a clinical perspective / David V. Espino and Liliana Oakes -- Cross border health insurance and aging Mexicans and Mexican Americans / David C. Wagner -- Cultural myths and other fables about promoting health in Mexican Americans: lessons learned from Starr County Border Health Intervention research / Sharon A. Brown -- Health insurance coverage and health care utilization along the U.S.-Mexico border: evidence from the border epidemiologic study of aging / Elena Bastida, H. Shelton Brown, and Jose A. Pagan -- SECTION 4. OPTIONS FOR HEALTH CARE REFORM: Impoverishing and catastrophic household health spending among families with older adults in Mexico: a health reform priority / Felicia Marie Knaul, Hector Arreola-Ornelas, Oscar Mendez-Carniado, and Ana Cristina Torres -- The health care safety net for Hispanics / Ronald J. Angel and Jacqueline L. Angel -- Afterword: Globalization and health: risks and opportunities for the Mexico--U.S. border / Julio Frenk and Octavio Gómez-Dantés

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Older Hispanic Americans-- Health and hygiene

Older Hispanic Americans-- Medical care

Older Mexican Americans-- Health and hygiene

Older Mexican Americans-- Medical care

Aged-- Mexico

Aged-- United States

Geriatric Assessment-- Mexico

Geriatric Assessment-- United States

Health Services Accessibility-- Mexico

Health Services Accessibility-- United States

Health Services for the Aged-- Mexico

Health Services for the Aged-- United States

Health Services Needs and Demand-- Mexico

Health Services Needs and Demand-- United States

Mexican Americans-- ethnology-- Mexico

Mexican Americans-- ethnology-- United States

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Angel, Jacqueline Lowe

Whitfield, Keith E.,1962-

Date of Transaction

20091229023456.0

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