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ArticleJournal of racial and ethnic health disparities2026

Depressive Symptoms Among Black Pregnant Women: The roles of Neighborhood Conditions and Avoidance Coping.

Carmen Giurgescu, Pradip Dhakal, Dawn P Misra, Rui Xie

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Carmen GiurgescuCollege of Nursing, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA. carmen.giurgescu@ucf.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-4577-3184
Pradip DhakalDepartment of Statistics and Data Science, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA.
Dawn P MisraDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
Rui XieDepartment of Statistics and Data Science, And College of Nursing University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA.

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Social Stressors and Inflammation: A Mixed Methods Approach to Preterm BirthR01MD011575 · NIMHD · UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA · PI GIURGESCU, CARMEN · 2017 to 2021
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NIMHD NIH HHS R01 MD011575
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objectiveBlack women who report higher levels of disorder and crime in their neighborhoods have higher levels of depressive symptoms during pregnancy. Our objective was to examine the mediating effect of avoidance coping on the association of neighborhood disorder and neighborhood crime with depressive symptoms during pregnancy among Black women.

designThe Biosocial Impact on Black Births (BIBB) study is a prospective study. SAMPLE: A sample of 599 Black pregnant women. MEASUREMENTS: Women completed questionnaires about disorder and crime in their neighborhoods, avoidance coping, and depressive symptoms.

resultsThe participants had a mean maternal age of 27 years and a mean gestational age of 18 weeks. Women who reported higher levels of neighborhood disorder and neighborhood crime also reported higher use of avoidance coping and higher levels of depressive symptoms. Higher use of avoidance coping related to higher levels of depressive symptoms. Analyses demonstrated that avoidance coping mediated the effects of neighborhood disorder and neighborhood crime on depressive symptoms among women in our study.

conclusionInterventions that alter coping styles to move women away from avoidance coping may mitigate the association between adverse neighborhood conditions and depressive symptoms during pregnancy.

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Adaptation, PsychologicalBlack or African AmericanDepressionNeighborhood CharacteristicsPregnant PeopleResidence CharacteristicsAdultCrimeFemaleHumansPregnancyProspective StudiesSurveys and QuestionnairesWhiteYoung AdultAvoidanceDepressive symptomsNeighborhoodPregnancy

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