Low-income African-American mothers' perception of exposure to racial discrimination and infant birth weight

James W. Collins; Richard J. David; Rebecca Symons; Adren Handler; Stephen N. Wall; Lisa Dwyer

doi:10.1097/00001648-200005000-00019

Low-income African-American mothers' perception of exposure to racial discrimination and infant birth weight

James W. Collins^*, Richard J. David, Rebecca Symons, Adren Handler, Stephen N. Wall, Lisa Dwyer

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We performed a hospital-based case-control study of African-American mothers to explore the relation between a mother's perception of exposure to racial discrimination during pregnancy and very low birth weight. We administered a structured questionnaire to low-income mothers of very low birth weight (<1500 gm; N = 25) and non-low birth weight (>2500 gm; N = 60) infants. The unadjusted and adjusted odds ratio of very low birth weight for maternal exposure to racial discrimination were 1.9 (0.5-6.6) and 3.2 (0.9- 11.3), respectively. We conclude that maternal perception of exposure to racial discrimination during pregnancy may be associated with very low birth weight in their infants.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	337-339
Number of pages	3
Journal	Epidemiology
Volume	11
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/00001648-200005000-00019
State	Published - May 2000

Keywords

Birth weight
Case-control study
Low- income
Race
Racial discrimination
Very low birth weight

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Epidemiology

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