Direct and Vicarious Racial Discrimination at Three Life Stages and Preterm Labor: Results from the African American Women’s Heart & Health Study

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2020, Pages 1387-1395

  Daniels, Katie P ^a   Valdez, Zulema ^b   Chae, David H ^c   Allen, Amani M ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health disparities; Pregnancy; Preterm labor; Racial discrimination

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACISM; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT, HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; RACISM; SAN FRANCISCO; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85090826086     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-020-03003-4     Document Type: Article

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