title: Health among Black children by maternal and child nativity.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We examined 5 health outcomes among Black children born to US-born and foreign-born mothers and whether differences by mother's region of birth could be explained by maternal duration of US residence, child's place of birth, and familial sociodemographic characteristics.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were from the 2000-2011 National Health Interview Surveys. We examined 3 groups of children, based on mother's region of birth: US origin, African origin, and Latin American or Caribbean origin. We estimated multivariate regression models.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Children of foreign-born mothers were healthier across all 5 outcomes than were children of US-born mothers. Among children of foreign-born mothers, US-born children performed worse on all health outcomes than children born abroad. African-origin children had the most favorable health profile. Longer duration of US residence among foreign-born mothers was associated with poorer child health. Maternal educational attainment and other sociodemographic characteristics did little to explain these differences.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Further studies are needed to understand the role of selective migration and the behavioral, cultural, socioeconomic, and contextual origins of the health advantage of Black children of foreign-born mothers.
authors.affiliation: Arun S. Hendi and Irma T. Elo are with the Department of Sociology and the Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Neil K. Mehta is with the Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
authors.forename: Arun S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Hendi
authors.forename: Neil K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Mehta
authors.forename: Irma T
authors.initials: IT
authors.lastname: Elo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000349:Africa / Q000208:ethnology; D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017691:Caribbean Region / Q000208:ethnology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007843:Latin America / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D009035:Mothers; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology