Patient citizens, immigrant mothers : Mexican women, public prenatal care, and the birth weight paradox.

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According to the Latina health paradox, Mexican immigrant women have less complicated pregnancies and more favorable birth outcomes than many other groups, in spite of socioeconomic disadvantage. In Patient Citizens, Immigrant Mothers, Alyshia G̀lvez takes us from inside the halls of a busy metropol...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gálvez, Alyshia (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Piscataway : Rutgers University Press, 2011.
Colección:Critical issues in health and medicine.
Temas:
Women > Mexico > Social conditions.
Women immigrants > United States > Social conditions.
Prenatal care > United States.
Childbirth > United States > Cross-cultural studies.
Femmes > Mexique > Conditions sociales.
Immigrantes > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
Soins prénatals > États-Unis.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Parenting > Motherhood.
Childbirth
Prenatal care
Women immigrants > Social conditions
Women > Social conditions
Kulturvergleich
Mexikanische Einwanderin
Pränatale Medizin
Schwangerschaft
Soziale Situation
Mexico
United States
USA
Cross-cultural studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Immigrant aspirations and the decisions families make
  • Allá en el pueblo : the changing landscape of reproductive care in rural Mexico
  • Becoming patients : birth experiences in New York City
  • Soy fuerte, yo puedo : critical perspectives on prenatal care
  • Conclusion : prenatal care and the reception of immigrants why it's important to listen to Mexican immigrant women talk about their pregnancies.

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