Barbara Feder Ostrov is the communications officer for the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health. A veteran health journalist, she previously served as deputy editor of ReportingonHealth.org, which offers professional resources and social networking for journalists covering health issues. Before that, she covered medicine for the San Jose Mercury News and wrote for publications including Ms. Magazine, EverydayHealth.com, and the Boston Globe. She is based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Barbara Feder Ostrov
Barbara Feder Ostrov is the communications officer for the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health.
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November 11, 2014
A comprehensive new study of California’s Latino children paints a complex picture of their health and well-being—and finds striking differences within a 4.7 million-strong population that comprises more than half of all the children in the state. More than 94% of these children were born in the United States. And while many Latino children live in poverty, are uninsured and have higher rates of obesity than their white counterparts, Latino children have comparable access to preventive health care and most of their parents report them as being in “good” or “excellent” health. However, the...
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