作者: Dara D. Mendez , Vijaya K. Hogan , Jennifer F. Culhane
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2013.846300
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摘要: Objective. Racial/ethnic disparities in the risk of preterm birth may be explained by various factors, and previous studies are limited examining role institutional racism. This study focused on following questions: what is association between racism as measured residential racial segregation (geographic separation race) redlining (black–white disparity mortgage loan denial); reported stress, discrimination, neighborhood quality.Design. We used data from a clinic-based sample pregnant women (n = 3462) participating stress pregnancy conducted 1999 to 2004 Philadelphia, PA (USA). linked 2000 US Census Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) developed measures segregation.Results. Among entire population, there was an increased for among who were older, unmarried,...