 | The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA |
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| The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA |
Victoria D. Ojeda, MPH, Department of Community Health Sciences, UCLA School of Public Health, UCLA, 10911 Weyburn Ave, Suite 300, Los Angeles, CA 90024, 310-794-0975, vojeda@ucla.edu
Previous studies have found that Latino children have among the highest uninsured rates, which is of concern since the uninsured are more likely to encounter barriers to access and utilization of health care services. Recent studies suggest that there are important differences in coverage between Latino children who live in citizen families and those in families headed by immigrant parents. This study focuses on U.S.-born Latino children living in two-parent households and is based on data from the March 2001 Current Population Survey. This presentation will review sociodemographic characteristics of native-born Latino children in two-parent families. Multivariate logistic regression models were developed to ascertain whether parents' citizenship statuses remained important predictors of children's health insurance status even after considering other family sociodemographic variables and state of residence. Preliminary results of regression models indicate that in comparison to the reference group (i.e. U.S.-born children living with two U.S.-born parents), children who live with two noncitizen parents are especially at high risk of being uninsured, even after controlling for child's age and health status, family sociodemographic characteristics, and state of residence. Additionally, children who live in families headed by one noncitizen and one U.S.-born parent or by two naturalized parents also were more likely to be uninsured than the reference group. Final results of the multivariate analyses will be presented at the Meeting. These findings may have implications for outreach strategies targeting the Latino community or interventions designed to increase health insurance coverage among Latino children.
Learning Objectives:
Keywords: Health Insurance, Latino
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.