A5113269500- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Maternal and fetal healthcare
- Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
2024-2025
BACKGROUND: Postpartum hypertension is a key factor in racial-ethnic inequities maternal mortality. Emerging evidence suggests that experiences of racism, both structural and interpersonal, may contribute to disparities. We examined associations between gendered racial microaggressions (GRMs) during obstetric care with postpartum blood pressure (BP). METHODS: conducted prospective cohort 373 Asian, Black, Hispanic people New York City Philadelphia. At delivery, we administered the GRM...
In the United States, maternal health inequities disproportionately affect Global Majority (e.g., Asian, Black, and Hispanic) populations. Despite a substantial body of research underscoring influence racism on these inequities, little has examined how experiences gendered racial microaggressions during pregnancy birth impact racially ethnically diverse pregnant birthing people in obstetric hospital settings. We evaluated psychometric properties an adapted version Lewis & Neville's Gendered...