Housing Environments and Child Health Conditions Among Recent Mexican Immigrant Families: A Population-Based Study

• Published in: Journal of immigrant and minority health Vol. 12; no. 5; pp. 617 - 625
• Main Authors: Litt, Jill S., Goss, Cynthia, Diao, Lihong, Allshouse, Amanda, Diaz-Castillo, Sandra, Bardwell, Robert A., Hendrikson, Edward, Miller, Shelly L., DiGuiseppi, Carolyn
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston Springer US 01.10.2010; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Access to Health Care; Adolescent; Adult; Asthma; Asthma - epidemiology; Asthma - ethnology; Atopic; Child; Child Health; Child, Preschool; Children; Children & youth; Colorado; Comparative Law; Data Collection; Departments; Dermatitis, Atopic - epidemiology; Dermatitis, Atopic - ethnology; Emigrants and Immigrants; Environment; Environmental conditions; Environmental Exposure; Families & family life; Family; Family Income; Female; Fungi; Hazardous Substances; Health; Health Conditions; Health Status; Hispanic Americans; Home Visits; Households; Housing; Humans; Immigrants; Income; Inspection; International & Foreign Law; Low Income; Low income groups; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Mexican Americans; Mexican people; Mexicans; Mexico - ethnology; Middle Aged; Migrant Children; Noncitizens; Original Paper; Parents; Plumbing; Private International Law; Public Health; Social Class; Socioeconomic factors; Socioeconomic Status; Sociology; Statistical analysis; United States; Urban areas; Urban Population; Ventilation; Young Adult; Mexico; Colorado; United States > US; Healthy housing; Urban; Environment; Immigrant; Asthma

The influx of immigrants to urban areas throughout the United States has raised concerns about accessibility of safe, affordable housing and the health consequences of poor-quality housing, particularly among immigrant children. We conducted a population-based study of home environmental conditions...