Lifetime racism and blood pressure changes during pregnancy: Implications for fetal growth

Health Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 43-51

  Hilmert, Clayton J ^a   Dominguez, Tyan Parker ^b   Schetter, Christine Dunkel ^c   Srinivas, Sindhu K ^d   Glynn, Laura M ^e,f   Hobel, Calvin J ^g,h   Sandman, Curt A ^f  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African american; Blood pressure; Fetal growth; Racial disparities; Racism

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESPAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL BLOOD; NURSE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL PERIOD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACISM; SCHOOL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; WORK;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RACISM; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892471644     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031160     Document Type: Article

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