Exploring the health consequences of majority-minority neighborhoods: Minority diversity and birthweight among native-born and foreign-born blacks

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 97, Issue , 2013, Pages 56-65

  Vang, Zoua M ^a   Elo, Irma T ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Birthweight; Black immigrants; Diversity; Foreign born health advantage; Health disparities; Neighborhoods; USA

Indexed keywords

BLACK POPULATION; ETHNIC MINORITY; HEALTH STATUS; IMMIGRANT; MATERNAL HEALTH; NEIGHBORHOOD; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; WEIGHT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; NEGRO; NEIGHBORHOOD; NEWBORN; UNITED STATES;

BIRTHWEIGHT; BLACK IMMIGRANTS; DIVERSITY; FOREIGN-BORN HEALTH ADVANTAGE; HEALTH DISPARITIES; NEIGHBORHOODS; USA;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BIRTH WEIGHT; CARIBBEAN REGION; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; NEW JERSEY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; VITAL STATISTICS;

NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84886304002     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.07.013     Document Type: Article

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