Racial Discrimination and Stress across the Life Course : Associations with Prenatal Inflammation, Perceived Stress, and Depressive Symptoms

Nursing Research

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2021, Pages S21-S30

  Gillespie, Shannon L ^a   Bose Brill, Seuli ^c   Giurgescu, Carmen ^d   Gondwe, Kaboni W ^b,e   Nolan, Timiya S ^a   Spurlock, Elizabeth J ^a   Christian, Lisa M ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; cytokines; maternal child nursing; obstetrics; psychological; stress

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CLASSIFICATION; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RACISM; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL CARE; RACISM; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 85115440153     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: 15389847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NNR.0000000000000525     Document Type: Article

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