Neighborhood Context and Preterm Delivery among African American Women: the Mediating Role of Psychosocial Factors

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 984-996

  Sealy Jefferson, Shawnita ^a   Giurgescu, Carmen ^b   Slaughter Acey, Jaime ^c   Caldwell, Cleopatra ^d   Misra, Dawn ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Depressive symptomology; Neighborhood context; Preterm delivery; Psychosocial factors; Urban health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; MICHIGAN; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICHIGAN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84990855468     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-016-0083-4     Document Type: Article

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