RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Health Problems of Migrant Children: A Dissenting View
JF Pediatrics
JO Pediatrics
FD American Academy of Pediatrics
SP 500
OP 501
VO 50
IS 3
A1 Gilbert, Arnold
YR 1972
UL http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/50/3/500.2.abstract
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: