Ruth Enid Zambrana|Laura Logie
Latino child health: need for inclusion in the US national discourse
University of Maryland, College Park
rediscovery poverty echoed concepts social inequality contributed goal eliminating racialethnic social class disparities united states commentary focuses know pressing health care needs issues relevant latino children families extant knowledge linked priority policy recommendations ensure inclusion latino health issues national discourse systematic review literature latino children expert opinion revealed 4 evidencebased themes focused poverty economic factors family community resources health system factors pitfalls latino subgroup data collection consensus found 4 priority policy recommendations 1 reduce poverty increase access health care coverage 2 increase funding targeted primary preventive health care services 3 provide funds needed fully implement relevant health legislation 4 improve measurement quality data collection recommendations instituted goals healthy people 2010 achieved latino population