“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

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
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-008-0357-x Publication Date: 2008-05-07T18:59:59Z
ABSTRACT
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.
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