ArticleAmerican journal of public health2014
Preconception stress, birth weight, and birth weight disparities among US women.
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- Social Determinants of Health, Prenatal Maternal Stress, and Earlier Birth During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Social and personality psychology compass · 2023Article
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- State-Level Social and Economic Policies and Their Association With Perinatal and Infant Outcomes.The Milbank quarterly · 2022Review
- Understanding the Role of Persistent Organic Pollutants and Stress in the Association between Proximity to the World Trade Center Disaster and Birth Outcomes.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Binge alcohol drinking before pregnancy is closely associated with the development of macrosomia: Korean pregnancy registry cohort.PloS one · 2022Article
- Preconception stress exposure from childhood to adolescence and birth outcomes: The impact of stress type, severity and consistency.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2022Article
- Differences in Psychosocial Protective Factors by Race/Ethnicity and Socioeconomic Status and Their Relationship to Preterm Delivery.Women's health reports (New Rochelle, N.Y.) · 2022Article
- The unequal consequences of family structures for infant health.Social science research · 2021Article
- Biopsychosocial Factors during the Perinatal Period: Risks, Preventative Factors, and Implications for Healthcare Professionals.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Review
- Medicaid expansions, preconception insurance, and unintended pregnancy among new parents.Health services research · 2021Article
- Resilience During Pregnancy by Race, Ethnicity and Nativity: Evidence of a Hispanic Immigrant Advantage.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2021Article
- Sexual Identity and Birth Outcomes: A Focus on the Moderating Role of Race-ethnicity.Journal of health and social behavior · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectivesWe examined the impact of preconception acute and chronic stressors on offspring birth weight and racial/ethnic birth weight disparities.
methodsWe included birth weights for singleton live first (n = 3512) and second (n = 1901) births to White, Mexican-origin Latina, other-origin Latina, and Black women reported at wave IV of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (2007-2008; ages 24-32 years). We generated factor scores for preconception acute and chronic stressors from wave I (1994-1995; ages 11-19 years) or wave III (2001-2002; ages 18-26 years) for the same cohort of women.
resultsLinear regression models indicated that chronic stressors, but not acute stressors, were inversely associated with birth weight for both first and second births (b = -192; 95% confidence interval = -270, -113; and b = -180; 95% confidence interval = -315, -45, respectively), and partially explained the disparities in birth weight between the minority racial/ethnic groups and Whites.
conclusionsPreconception chronic stressors contribute to restricted birth weight and to racial/ethnic birth weight disparities.
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