Hispanic Mosaic: A Forum on Hispanic Health ConcernsDepartment of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Parklawn Building, 1979 - Hispanic Americans - 147 pages |
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Page 71 - The country needs, and unless I mistake its temper, the country demands bold, persistent experimentation," Franklin Roosevelt told his inner circle.
Page 98 - Preservación y Mantenimiento - The Chicano Plan for Mental Health. Denver, Co.: Western Interstate Commission on Hispanic Education, 1975. Edgerton, RB, Karno, M., & Fernandez, I. Curanderismo in the metropolis: The diminishing role of folk-psychiatry among Los Angeles Mexican Americans.
Page 62 - Chicago (1978} funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the National Center for Health Services Research, DHEW, gives us an added perspective regarding access to health care by Chicanos.
Page 71 - The country needs and, unless I mistake its temper, the country demands bold, persistent experimentation. It is common sense to take a method and try it: If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.
Page 40 - Hi.spani.cs constitute a rapidly growing segment of this nation's population. According to the 1970 census, there were 9.6 million persons of Hispanic origin in the United States. The 1975 population reports recorded an increase to 11.2 million. Other estimates, which take into consideration census undercount, increase from births, and legal as well as undocumented immigration, indicate that probably more than 23 million Hispanics live in the United States today. Furthermore, statistics show that...
Page 133 - Heart and blood vessel diseases: arteriosclerosis, hypertension; cerebrovascular disease; coronary heart disease; peripheral vascular disease; arrhythmias; heart failure and shock; congenital and rheumatic heart diseases; cardiomyopathies and infections of the heart; and circulatory assistance.
Page 26 - Americans and to implement rational community health programs which will meet these needs. 1. What is the level of utilization of health services by Hispanic persons by specific ethnic origin and socioeconomic status?
Page 75 - Budget includes funding of $136 million for research training through the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration (ADAMHA).
Page 103 - US Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1973. US BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, Current Population Reports. P-20, No. 290 Persons of Spanish Origin in the United States.
Page 5 - Chicano population is concentrated in the five southwestern states of Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas, with approximately 85 percent of all Chicanos(as) living in these states.