Children of color : research, health, and policy issues / edited by Hiram E. Fitzgerald, Barry M. Lester, Barry S. Zuckerman.

New York : Garland Pub., 1999.

xv, 296 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Conceptual and methodological issues in the study of ethnic minority children and adolescents / Vonnie C. McLoyd -- Equivalence and conceptually anchored research with children of color / Jeanne Brooks-Gun, Virginia Rauh, and Tama Leventhal -- Developmental and cultural context considerations for research on African American adolescents / Dena Phillips Swanson and Margaret Beale Spencer -- Cultural context of children's development / John U. Ogden -- Children in crisis: the mental health status of immigrant and migrant Hispanic children / Mary Lou de Leon Siantz -- Health behaviors of Mexican-American families: myths and realities / Norma Olvera, ... [et al.] -- Health issues of immigrant children of color / Fernando Mendoza and Noel Rosales -- Children of immigrants: is Americanization hazardous to infant health? / Rubén G. Rumbaut and John R. Weeks -- United States immigration policy and Chinese children and families / Rowena Fong and Colette Brown -- Diverse children of color: research and policy implications / Harriette Pipes McAdoo -- Theory and research with children of color: implications for social policy / Cynthia García Coll and Katherine Magnuson -- Ethnic minority families and the majority educational system: African American, Chinese American, Hispanic American, and Native American families / Melvin L. Wilson, ... [et al.].

Includes bibliographic references and indexes