“It’s The Skin You’re In”: African-American Women Talk About Their Experiences of Racism. An Exploratory Study to Develop Measures of Racism for Birth Outcome Studies

• DOI: 10.1007/s10995-008-0357-x
• Publication Date: 2008-05-07T18:59:59Z
• Authors: Amani Nuru-Jeter; Tyan Parker Domin...; Wizdom Powell Ham...; Janxin Leu; Marilyn Skaff; Susan Egerter; Camara P. Jones; Paula Braveman
• Keywords: Adult; Race; Stress; Young Adult; 03 medical and health sciences; Racism; 5. Gender equality; Pregnancy; Birth outcomes; Humans; Program Development; Child; 10. No inequality; 360; Health Equity; Nutritional Support; Research; Infant, Newborn; Pregnancy Outcome; Infant; 300; African-American women; Black or African American; Pregnancy Complications; Socioeconomic Factors; Health; Research Design; Child, Preschool; Female; 0305 other medical science; Prenatal & Pediatric Health; Prejudice; Stress, Psychological

Stress due to experiences of racism could contribute to African-American women's adverse birth outcomes, but systematic efforts to measure relevant experiences among childbearing women have been limited. We explored the racism experiences of childbearing African-American women to inform subsequent development of improved measures for birth outcomes research.