Setting the Stage: Hispanics, Health, and the New Milleniuum.- Introduction: Hispanic Health and Aging in the Americas.- Part 1: Exploring the Health Consequences of Hispanic Mortality.- Health Status of Elderly Hispanics in the United States.- Census Disability Rates among Older People by Race/Ethnicity and Type of Hispanic Origin.- Active Life Expectancy of Older U.S. and Foreign-born Mexican Americans.- Predictors of decline in cognitive status, incidence of dementia/CIND and all cause mortality in older Latinos: the role of nativity and cultural orientation in the Sacramento Area Latino Study on Aging.- Education and Mortality Risk among Hispanic Adults in the United States.- Does Longer Life Mean Better Health? Not for Native-Born Mexican Americans in the Health and Retirement Survey.- Part 2: Contextualizing Support and Mexican-Origin Health in Old Age: Issues of Family, Migration, and Income.- Dynamics of Intergenerational Assistance in Middle- and Old-Age in Mexico.- Ageing, Health and Migration: The Voices Of The Elderly Poor In Mexico.- Aging and Health Interrelations at the USA-Mexico Border.- Colonias, Informal Homestead Subdivisions and Self Help Care for the Elderly among Mexican Populations in the USA.- Part 3: Access to Health Care Services among Elderly Hispanics with Special Reference to Mexican Americans.- Disparities and Access Barriers to Health Care Among Mexican American Elders.- Lack of Health Insurance Coverage and Mortality among Latino Elderly in the United States.- Access Issues in the Care of Mexican-Origin Elders: A Clinical Perspective.- Cross Border Health Insurance and Aging Mexicans and Mexican Americans.- Cultural Myths and Other Fables about Promoting Health in Mexican Americans: Lessons Learned from Starr County Border Health Intervention Research.- Health Insurance Coverage and Health Care Utilization along the U.S.-Mexico Border: Evidence from the Border Epidemiologic Study of Aging.- The Health Care Safety Net for Hispanics.-Impoverishing and Catastrophic Household Health Spending Among Families With Older Adults in Mexico: A Health Reform Priority.- Globalization and Health: Risks and Opportunities on Our Common Border.- Index.- About the Editors.- List of Contributors
EAN/ISBN : 9780387472089
Publisher(s): Springer, Berlin, Springer, New York
Discussed keywords: Hispanics
Format: ePub/PDF

Author(s): Angel, Jacqueline L. - Whitfield, Keith E.