Thank God she’s not sick: Health and disciplinary practice among Salvadoran women in northern New Jersey

Caroline Kerner; Adrian J. BAILEY; Alison Mountz; Ines Miyares; Richard A. Wright

doi:10.4324/9780203186022-15

Thank God she’s not sick: Health and disciplinary practice among Salvadoran women in northern New Jersey

Caroline Kerner, Adrian J. BAILEY, Alison Mountz, Ines Miyares, Richard A. Wright

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Public health literature suggests that immigrant Latina women and their children have low rates of health care coverage and utilization in the United States (Chavez et al. 1997; Flores and Vega 1998; Guendelman et al. 1995; Halfon et al. 1997; Zambrana et al. 1994). Recent media reports further dramatize this situation in the context of significant declines in rates of benefit receipt for some non-citizens. For example, the share of welfare benefits received by non-citizen households fell at twice the rate for US citizens between 1996 and 1999. In Los Angeles County, applications for public aid by legal immigrants dropped by 71 percent (Brandon 1999).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Geographies of Women's Health
Subtitle of host publication	Place, Diversity and Difference
Publisher	Taylor & Francis
Pages	127-142
Number of pages	16
ISBN (Electronic)	9781134562497
ISBN (Print)	041523607X, 9780415695336
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203186022-15
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2012

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