Health

NCLR’s recent health policy work has centered on increasing Latinos’ access to quality health care and coverage through federal health care reform legislation.  Our health policy research informs our efforts to advance policies that improve the health outcomes and well-being of Latinos in the United States, with a special emphasis on Latino children’s health.  As Latinos are overwhelmingly disconnected from the health care system, our efforts are focused on breaking down barriers that prevent Latino families from accessing the high-quality health care that they need to get and stay healthy.  In addition to our health policy fact sheets, NCLR’s Profiles of Latino Health series provides at-a-glance synopses of the most frequently asked questions about Latinos and health care.
 

Health Research Publications

Qualitative Research

• Preliminary Findings: Focus Groups on Access to Health Care for Mixed-Status Families

Profiles of Latino Health Series

• Profiles of Latino Health: The Top Twelve Questions About Latinos and Health Care (2009)
• Profiles of Latino Health: Community Responses to Latino Health Needs (2009)

Fast Fact Series

• Fast Facts: Immigrants and Health Coverage (2009)
• Datos a la mano: Los inmigrantes y la cobertura medica (2009)
• Fast Facts: Latinos and Health Care (2009)
• Datos a la mano: Los latinos y el seguro de salud (2009)

Fact Sheets

• Medicaid and CHIP: Critical for Latino Families Facing Financial Hardship (2009)
• Latino Children’s Health and Well-Being: CHIP Makes All the Difference (2009)
• Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance: Already Poor Access Dwindles Further for Working Families (2009)
• Key Facts About Childhood Overweight and Obesity in the Latino Community (2008)
• Key Facts on Food Insecurity and Hunger Among Latino Children (2008)
• The Truth About Health Care Use Among Immigrants (2007)

Issue Briefs

• Health Tax Incentives: Healthy Choices or Bad Medicine? (2009)

Reports

• A Burden No Child Should Bear: How the Health Coverage System is Failing Latino Children (2008)
• Executive Summary, A Burden No Child Should Bear: How the Health Coverage System Is Failing Latino Children (2008)
• Sin Provecho: Latinos and Food Insecurity (2006)
• Executive Summary, Sin Provecho: Latino and Food Insecurity (2006)
• Resumen Ejecutivo, Sin Provecho: Latinos and Food Insecurity (2006)