Background. Racial/ethnic disparities in health care have received much national attention
recently, but few studies have focused on disparities among children. We studied disparities
in early childhood health and health care. Methods. We analyzed data for 2608 children, 4 to
35 months of age, from the 2000 National Survey of Early Childhood Health, a nationwide
household survey. The overall response rate was 65.6%. Survey questions addressed
health, health care, and interactions with health care providers. Results. Hispanic and black …

Using feminist methods to explore the perceptions of 12 women recovering from anorexia
nervosa, a grounded theory was generated that provides a self-development model for
recovery from this eating disorder, moving from perilous self-soothing (“not knowing myself
and losing myself to an obsession”) to informed self-care (including “taking care of myself”
and “celebrating myself”). Self-soothing included behaviors in addition to eating disorder
symptoms such as bingeing, smoking, and suicide attempts, which are risk-taking behaviors …