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The Role Of Stress: Low Birth Weight And Preterm Birth For African American Women, Tionna Latrice Jenkins
The Role Of Stress: Low Birth Weight And Preterm Birth For African American Women, Tionna Latrice Jenkins
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This population-based study evaluates the impact that psychoSocial stress has on adverse birth outcomes of low birth weight (LBW) and pre-term birth (PTB) among African American mothers in Arkansas. The relationship between adverse birth outcomes in African American women and stress in comparison to non-Hispanic Caucasian women data was evaluated from the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) quantitative survey. Data from 2005 through 2010 was reviewed to show the impact that psychoSocial stress has on adverse birth outcomes. The study sample was comprised of 14,196 participants.
Ethnic group status is the key maternal-level independent variable in this study. Of …