The impact of restrictive policies on Mexican immigrant parents and their children's access to health care Journal Article
| Authors: | Aragones, A.; Zamore, C.; Moya, E. M.; Cordero, J. I.; Gany, F.; Bruno, D. M. |
| Article Title: | The impact of restrictive policies on Mexican immigrant parents and their children's access to health care |
| Abstract: | Background: This study assessed whether policies that limit Mexican immigrants' access to care affects their children's access to a regular source of care, health insurance, and timely preventive health visits. Method: This was a cross-sectional study among Mexican immigrant parents who attended a health promotion program in Texas, Nevada, New York, and Illinois. A sociodemographic survey, including parental and child variables, was administered. Results: Children of parents without health insurance were almost four times more likely to be uninsured and eight times more likely to lack a regular source of care. Children of parents without a regular source of care were less than half as likely to have their own regular source of care than children whose parents had a regular source of care. Discussion: Findings suggest when parents are uninsured/lack a regular source of care, a child's health disparity is created. Reducing disparities in health care coverage, affecting foreign-born parents, positively impacts their children's access to care. Clinical Trial Registration number: NCT03209713. © Abraham Aragones et al., 2021; Published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. 2021. |
| Keywords: | children; primary care; health care access; latinos; health disparities; immigrant parents |
| Journal Title: | Health Equity |
| Volume: | 5 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| ISSN: | 2473-1242 |
| Publisher: | Mary Ann Liebert, Inc |
| Date Published: | 2021-09-14 |
| Start Page: | 612 |
| End Page: | 618 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1089/heq.2020.0111 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| PMCID: | PMC8665780 |
| PUBMED: | 34909528 |
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| Notes: | Article -- Export Date: 1 October 2021 -- Source: Scopus |
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