Session 158:
Race, Ethnicity, Immigration, and Child Health and Well-Being
Chair: Elizabeth Wildsmith, Child Trends
Discussant: Ilana Redstone Akresh, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The Shape of Things to Come: Obesity Prevalence among Foreign-Born vs. U.S.-Born Hispanic Children in California Alison M. Buttenheim, University of Pennsylvania ; Anne Pebley, University of California, Los Angeles ; Katie Hsih, Princeton University ; Noreen Goldman, Princeton University
The Intergenerational Production of the Health Gradient: Evidence among Mexican Immigrant Families Christina Diaz, University of Wisconsin at Madison ; Jenna Nobles, University of Wisconsin at Madison
Variation in Birth Outcomes among Native Born and Foreign Born Black Women in the United States Irma T. Elo, University of Pennsylvania ; Zoua M. Vang, McGill University ; Jennifer Culhane, Drexel University
Is the Immigrant Health Advantage Apparent in Childhood? Immigrant Generation, Race and Ethnicity, and Child Health across the Early Lifecourse Erin R. Hamilton, University of California, Davis ; Jodi Berger Cardoso, University of Texas at Austin
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