Latina Health In The U.S: A Public Health Reader

Latina Health in the United States identifies and offers an in-depth examination of the most critical health issues that affect Latinas' health and health care within the United States. In this comprehensive resource, the contributors examine a wide variety of topics that address Latina women's health concerns such as sexual and reproductive health issues; chronic conditions such as heart disease, cancer, and diabetes; the impact of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs; mental health issues; adolescent health; and rural and migrant occupational health. Latina Health in the United States is a unique guide to the health and well-being of the women in our country's fastest growing population.

Marilyn Aguirre-Molina is professor of population and family health at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University in New York. She has served as the executive vice president of the California Endowment and as senior program officer at The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Carlos W. Molina is professor of health education and dean of academic affairs at Hostos Community College at City University of New York. He has served as the executive director of Lincoln Hospital in New York.

Aguirre-Molina and Molina are coeditors (with Ruth Enid Zambrana) of Health Issues in the Latino Community (Jossey-Bass, 2001).