PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Gilbert, Arnold
TI  - Health Problems of Migrant Children: A Dissenting View
DP  - 1972 Sep 01
TA  - Pediatrics
PG  - 500--501
VI  - 50
IP  - 3
4099  - http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/50/3/500.2.short
4100  - http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/50/3/500.2.full
SO  - Pediatrics1972 Sep 01; 50
AB  - Eisner et al. recently described an unproductive screening program but omitted any consideration of the serious issues that affect the health of migrant children. There is no longer a need to document the health problems of California's rural poor, nor the ineptness with which health facilities handle those needs. The health concerns of farm workers remain sanitation, housing, diet, child care, and access to ongoing medical care. The following data may correct the possible implication from their article that there is no serious health problem among "migrant" children: