SynthesisJournal of racial and ethnic health disparities2019
Systematic Review of Chronic Discrimination and Changes in Biology During Pregnancy Among African American Women.
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- Inflammatory markers in serum and placenta in a randomized controlled trial of group prenatal care.American journal of obstetrics & gynecology MFM · 2023Trial
- Experiences of Discrimination and DNA Methylation Among Black Nulliparous Women.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- Inspiring hope, confronting hopelessness: healthcare experiences of Black/African American pregnant and post-partum women and healthcare workers in Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- Self-reported experiences of interpersonal racial discrimination and maternal and neonatal health: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2026Review
- An Interpersonal Physiological Pathway Framework Linking Racism and Well-Being in Black American Families.Developmental psychobiology · 2025Review
- Experiences of discrimination during pregnancy predict altered neonatal hair cortisol at birth.Psychoneuroendocrinology · 2025Article
- Developmental life history transitions can be shaped by structural inequities: Insights from the sociology of race.Developmental biology · 2025Review
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- Associations between individual and structural level discrimination and psychological and physiological stress indicators during pregnancy.npj women's health · 2025Article
- Prenatal Stress and Maternal Role in Neurodevelopment.Annual review of developmental psychology · 2024Article
- A multilevel developmental psychopathology model of childbirth and the perinatal transition.Development and psychopathology · 2024Review
- "She's a Family Member": How Community Health Workers Impact Perinatal Mothers' Stress Through Social-Emotional Support and Connections to Programs and Resources.Health equity · 2024Article
- Impact of exposure to air pollution on cervicovaginal microbial communities.Environmental research · 2023Article
- Intergenerational risk and resilience pathways from discrimination and acculturative stress to infant mental health.Development and psychopathology · 2023Article
- Midwives' and Other Perinatal Health Workers' Perceptions of the Black Maternal Mortality Crisis in the United States.Journal of midwifery & women's health · 2023Article
- Racism and perinatal health inequities research: where we have been and where we should go.American journal of obstetrics and gynecology · 2022Article
- Measuring the Biological Embedding of Racial Trauma Among Black Americans Utilizing the RDoC Approach.Development and psychopathology · 2021Review
- Hair Cortisol Concentration and Perceived Chronic Stress in Low-Income Urban Pregnant and Postpartum Black Women.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2021Article
- Reproductive Health Disparities in the USA: Self-Reported Race/Ethnicity Predicts Age of Menarche and Live Birth Ratios, but Not Infertility.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2021Article
- Biological Embedding of Chronic Stress Across Two Generations Within Marginalized Communities.Child development perspectives · 2020Article
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Abstract
Profound racial health disparities in maternal and infant health exist in the USA. Discrimination based on race may contribute to these disparities, but the biological pathways through which racial discrimination acts on health are not fully known. Even less is known about these pathways during development. Examining how racial discrimination becomes biology is paramount because it may shed light on how and when such social forces result in lasting biological consequences for health and wellbeing. To begin exploring this issue, we performed a systematic review of the relationships between experiences of chronic racial discrimination and relevant biomarkers measured during pregnancy among African American women. The literature search included studies published prior to August 2018 in the MEDLINE, Embase, and PsycINFO databases, and 11 studies met our inclusion criteria. We evaluated the articles based on the biological system that the authors investigated, which included the immune, neuroendocrine, and cardiovascular systems. We found that the current literature provides preliminary evidence that experiences of chronic racial discrimination are associated with changes in maternal biology during pregnancy. However, the literature was limited in both quantity and quality. We found only 11 studies that addressed this subject, four of which only provided indirect evidence, and many studies had small sample sizes. Future work in this area should develop more informative methods that consider the interaction between interpersonal and structural racial discrimination, individual variation, and sociocultural factors. We conclude researchers should continue to work in this area and focus on developing more effective study designs and larger sample sizes.
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