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As a part of its long-standing tradition and continuing commitment to promote a national dialogue on race and diversity in the United States, the National Academies organized an expert meeting on Emerging Issues in Hispanic Health on April 10, 2002, that brought together experts in demography, public health, medicine, sociology, psychiatry, and other fields to examine key issues related to Hispanic health and well-being. Emerging Issues in Hispanic Health was a part of the National Academies’ effort to develop a larger, broad-scale study of Hispanics in the United States to explore the demographic, economic, and social trends affecting the Hispanic population in the areas of health, education, labor, immigration, community development, and others. This meeting provided an opportunity to move closer to the goal of launching this larger proposed study by initiating a more in-depth discussion of one topic—namely, health—that will be central to the scope of the broader study. Specifically, Emerging Issues in Hispanic Health sought to identify a set of health-related issues that would be addressed in the proposed study.

Contents

• The National Academies
• Committee on Population
• Preface
• Emerging Issues in Hispanic Health
  • INTRODUCTION
  • WHAT'S IN A NAME: DEFINING THE TERM “HISPANICS”
  • POPULATION STATISTICS OF HISPANICS IN THE UNITED STATES
  • DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH
  • HEALTH CARE COVERAGE
  • EMERGING ISSUES
  • SUMMARY THOUGHTS
• References
• Appendix Workshop Materials

This study was supported by Contract No. N01-OD-4-2139, TO #96, between the National Academy of Sciences and the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research of the National Institutes of Health.

Suggested citation:

National Research Council. (2002). Emerging Issues in Hispanic Health: Summary of a Workshop. Joah G. Iannotta (Ed.). Committee on Population. Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.

Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the organizations or agencies that provided support for the project.

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance.