Abstract
In the United States, African-American infants have significantly worse outcomes than white infants. In this review, the authors look beyond traditional risk factors and explore the social context of race in this country in an effort to understand African-American women's long-standing pregnancy outcome disadvantage. In the process, new insights are highlighted concerning likely causes for the poor birth outcomes of white infants in this country compared with infants in most other industrialized nations.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 63-73 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Clinics in Perinatology |
Volume | 36 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 2009 |
Keywords
- African-American
- Infant mortality
- Low birth weight
- Poverty
- Racial discrimination
- Racial disparities
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health