PEDIATRICS Vol. 105 No. 4 April 2000, pp. 920-921
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To the Editor.
In Southern California, Agran et al1 found that
Hispanic (mainly Mexican) children had much higher rates of serious injury requiring hospitalization than did non-Hispanic white children. To investigate possible reasons for this disparity, we designed an
ethnographic study involving in-depth interviews and observations in
homes in geographical areas where large numbers of such injuries had
occurred. Our subjects consisted of Mexican mothers (born and educated
in Mexico), Mexican American mothers (of Mexican ancestry but born and
educated in the United States), and non-Hispanic US-born white mothers.
We assumed that the children in these families would have the same
racial