Mortgage discrimination and preterm birth among African American women: An exploratory study

Health and Place

Volumn 59, Issue , 2019, Pages

  Matoba, Nana ^a   Suprenant, Suzanne ^b   Rankin, Kristin ^c   Yu, Hailin ^d   Collins, James W ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mission Children's Hospital   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d Clinical Outcomes and Analytics   (United States)

Author keywords

Mortgage discrimination; Preterm birth; Racial disparity

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; MORTGAGE LENDING; RACIAL DISPARITY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SEGREGATION; WOMENS STATUS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; ILLINOIS; MATERNAL AGE; NEIGHBORHOOD; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE DIFFERENCE; RACIAL SEGREGATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; RACISM; SOCIAL SEGREGATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHICAGO; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RACISM; SOCIAL SEGREGATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85071099712     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2019.102193     Document Type: Article

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