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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Gálvez, Alyshia (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Piscataway : Rutgers University Press, 2011.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Soziale Situation
Schwangerschaft
Pränatale Medizin
Mexikanische Einwanderin
Kulturvergleich
Women > Social conditions.
Women immigrants > Social conditions.
Prenatal care.
Childbirth.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Parenting > Motherhood.
Soins prenatals > États-Unis.
Immigrantes > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
Femmes > Mexique > Conditions sociales.
Childbirth > United States > Cross-cultural studies.
Prenatal care > United States.
Women immigrants > United States > Social conditions.
Women > Mexico > Social conditions.
USA.
United States.
Mexico.
Cross-cultural studies.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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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