Low Birth Weight Among Infants Born to Black Latina Women in the United States
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DOI: 10.1007/s10995-018-2669-9
Abstract: Objectives To explore associations between race, nativity, and low birth weight (LBW) among Latina and non-Latina women, with special attention to the Black Latina subgroup. Methods Using US natality data from 2011 to 2013, we… read more here.
Keywords: black latinas; born black; black latina; model ... See more keywords
Britain’s ‘brown babies’: the stories of children born to black GIs and white women in the Second World War
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DOI: 10.1080/09612025.2020.1813939
Abstract: Around 2000 mixed-race children were born in Britain during the years immediately prior to the arrival of the Empire Windrush in 1948. These ‘brown babies’—a term used by the press at the time, and... read more here.
Keywords: stories children; born black; britain brown; brown babies ... See more keywords
Multidimensional structural racism predicts birth outcomes for Black and White Minnesotans
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DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.13976
Abstract: Abstract Objective The objective of this study is to determine the linkage between multidimensional structural racism typologies and preterm birth (PTB), low birthweight (LBW), and small‐for‐gestational‐age (SGA) birth among infants of White, US‐born Black, and… read more here.
Keywords: racism; multidimensional structural; birth outcomes; born black ... See more keywords
Racial disparities in preterm birth in USA: a biosensor of physical and social environmental exposures
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DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2018-316486
Abstract: The infant mortality rate in USA exceeds that of most other developed nations, ranking 26th among Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries.1 Non-Hispanic black infants in USA die more than twice as often as… read more here.
Keywords: black women; preterm birth; racial disparities; biosensor ... See more keywords