Shared decision making with child’s physician less common for immigrant parents
For people who grew up in the United States, navigating health care can be complicated and intimidating, according to Sawsan Salah, a doctoral candidate in biobehavioral health at Penn State. Those complications may be magnified when a person is unfamiliar with the culture of medical care in the U.…
Mexican Americans' educational history detailed in new book
A new book examining the institutional barriers faced by Mexican immigrants in Texas is now available for purchase. "Texas-Style Exclusion: Mexican Americans and the Legacy of Limited Opportunity," written by Penn State Population Research Institute Director Jennifer Van Hook and Temple University…
New SSRI Working Group - Collaborative on Population Aging Disparities
Collaborative on Population Aging Disparities The Collaborative on Population Aging Disparities (CoPAD) is an SSRI-funded working group that focuses on new and growing sources of inequality among aging adults, with attention to the ways that population dynamics and life course processes interact to…