Minority youths self-esteem grows, not shrinks over time
...cents, excluding the experiences of ethnically and socioeconomically diverse teens. A new study published in the latest issue of the Journal of Research on Adolescence focused on Black, Latino, and Asian American students from lower and working class families at a public high school in New York City. The researchers...Puerto Rican and African-American children show different patterns of asthma care
..., for example," Cohen says. "Furthermore, grouping socioeconomically disadvantaged kids together doesn't necessarily teach us that much about the children we're seeing in the clinic." Elizabeth Woods, MD, director of the Children's Hospital Boston Community Asthma Initiative, who was not involved in the study, specu......d for more healthy-living programs targeted at the socioeconomically disadvantaged. Professor Najman said reducing t...e and excessive alcohol consumption among the most socioeconomically disadvantaged should be an urgent national priority....