ArticleApplied nursing research : ANR2016
Racial discrimination predicts greater systemic inflammation in pregnant African American women.
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- Racial/Ethnic Discrimination and Cardiometabolic Diseases: A Systematic Review.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2024Pooled it
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of the Everyday Discrimination Scale and biomarker outcomes.Psychoneuroendocrinology · 2022Pooled it
- Systematic Review of Chronic Discrimination and Changes in Biology During Pregnancy Among African American Women.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2019Pooled it
- Links between discrimination and cardiovascular health among socially stigmatized groups: A systematic review.PloS one · 2019Pooled it
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- Experiences of discrimination, paternal support, and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) in the MIEHR study, Houston, Texas.International journal for equity in health · 2026Article
- Computer adaptive testing strategies for the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS).Archives of women's mental health · 2025Article
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- Prenatal chronic inflammation and children's executive function development.Child neuropsychology : a journal on normal and abnormal development in childhood and adolescence · 2025Article
- Listening to Black Pregnant and Postpartum People: Using Technology to Enhance Equity in Screening and Treatment of Perinatal Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Article
- The Effectiveness of a Race-Based Stress Reduction Intervention on Improving Stress-Related Symptoms and Inflammation in African American Women at Risk for Cardiometabolic Disease: Protocol for Recruitment and Intervention for a Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Evaluating Bias-Mitigated Predictive Models of Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders.JAMA network open · 2024Article
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- Feasibility and acceptability of measuring prenatal stress in daily life using smartphone-based ecological momentary assessment and wearable physiological monitors.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2024Article
- The neurophysiological consequences of racism-related stressors in Black Americans.Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews · 2024Review
- Prenatal mood and anxiety disorders and associated cytokine changes.Journal of affective disorders · 2024Article
- Maternal preconception stress produces sex-specific effects at the maternal:fetal interface to impact offspring development and phenotypic outcomes†.Biology of reproduction · 2024Article
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Abstract
purposeChronic exposure to racial discrimination by pregnant African American women may lead to allostatic overload; thereby, predisposing women to systemic inflammation. Thus, the goal of this study was to examine if experiences of racial discrimination are related to systemic inflammation in pregnant African Americans.
methodsA sample of 96 African American women from Chicago completed questionnaires and had blood drawn during the second trimester of pregnancy (19.7±2.5 weeks).
resultsExperiences of racial discrimination were associated with higher cytokine levels of interleukin (IL)-4 (B=2.161, 95% CI = 1.02-3.30, p<.001) and IL-6 (B=1.859, 95% CI=.61-3.11, p=.004) when controlling for covariates.
conclusionThese findings suggest that experiences of racial discrimination may cause physiological wear and tear on the body leading to alteration of immune functions. Nurses should inquire about women's experiences of racial discrimination and make referrals for community or church support groups for women who report racial discrimination.
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