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Title: Getting Back on Track: A Detailed Look at Health Coverage Trends for Latino Children
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Publication Year: 2021
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Abstract: Overall, Latino children are more likely to be uninsured than their peers, even though nearly all Latino children are U.S. citizens. Research has shown that having health coverage as a child has life-long, positive impacts such as improved health, improved educational outcomes, and higher paying jobs in adulthood. Efforts to cover more Latino children will require developing a deeper understanding of the characteristics of subgroups of uninsured Latino children such as by age, income level, state residency, and country of origin. As a starting place, policymakers and stakeholders at the state and local level can turn to Census Bureau data to identify groups of Latino children that may benefit from more targeted outreach and enrollment efforts and build partnerships with community health workers to reach them in culturally and linguistically appropriate ways. Over the long term, the Biden Administration can work to improve Census Bureau data to address issues with the sample size and how the questions are phrased to better capture lived experiences. Leaders at the federal and state levels can also begin to rebuild trust among Latino communities by sharing clear and reliable information as they work toward more inclusive health coverage policies.
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Authors: Whitener, Kelly; Corcoran, Alexandra
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Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Health, Population Health and Health Systems
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