title: Health care for Latino children: impact of child and parental birthplace on insurance status and access to health services.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study sought to assess the impact of child and parental birthplace on insurance status and access to health care among Latino children in the United States.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional, in-person survey of 376 random households with children aged 1 to 12 years was conducted in a predominantly Latino community. Children's insurance status and access to routine health care were compared among 3 child-parent groups: US born-US born (UU), US born-immigrant (UI), and immigrant-immigrant (II).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Uninsured rates for the 3 groups of children were 10% (UU), 23% (UI), and 64% (II). Rates for lack of access to routine health care were 5% (UU), 12% (UI), and 32% (II).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Latino children of immigrant parents are more likely to lack insurance and access to routine health care than are Latino children of US-born parents.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, Calif 90710, USA. ggranado@ucla.edu
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Granados
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Puvvula
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Berman
authors.forename: P T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Dowling
mesh_terms: D019352:Censuses; D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000191:economics* / Q000600:supply & distribution; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004641:Emigration and Immigration / Q000145:classification; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D019458:Insurance Coverage / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015141:Los Angeles / Q000453:epidemiology; D017057:Medically Uninsured / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015999:Multivariate Analysis