African-American mothers' perception of their residential environment, stressful life events, and very low birthweight.

摘要: We performed a hospital-based case-control study of African-American mothers to explore the relation between mother's perception her own residential environment and very low birthweight. administered structured questionnaire very-low-birthweight ( 2,500 gm; N = 52) infants. The groups had similar sociodemographic characteristics. vast majority participants were unmarried no private medical insurance. odds ratios birthweight fluctuated 1.7 3.2 for who rated their neighborhoods (in terms police protection, protection property, personal safety, friendliness, delivery municipal services, cleanliness, quietness, schools) unfavorably. Additionally, ratio exposed three or more stressful life events during pregnancy was 3.1 (95% confidence interval 1.2-8.2). conclude that mothers' frequency are associated with in