Foreign-born and US-born black women: differences in health behaviors and birth outcomes

We studied health behaviors and birth outcome among 201 foreign-born and 616 US-born Black women receiving prenatal care at Boston City Hospital. Foreign-born women had better pre-pregnancy nutritional status and prenatal health behaviors, and their infants had greater intrauterine growth. Black wom...

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Published in:American journal of public health (1971) 1990-01, Vol.80 (1), p.70-72
Main Authors: Cabral, H, Fried, L E, Levenson, S, Amaro, H, Zuckerman, B
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
African Americans
Babies
Birth Weight
Black people
Boston
Educational Status
Female
Fetuses
Gestational Age
Health behavior
Health Behavior - ethnology
Humans
Income
Infant, Newborn
Marriage
Maternal Age
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Outcome - ethnology
Prenatal Care
Prenatal development
Public health
Women
Womens health
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Summary:We studied health behaviors and birth outcome among 201 foreign-born and 616 US-born Black women receiving prenatal care at Boston City Hospital. Foreign-born women had better pre-pregnancy nutritional status and prenatal health behaviors, and their infants had greater intrauterine growth. Black women are not a homogeneous group; culture and ethnicity, in addition to other variables, must be considered in the study of their birth outcomes.
ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.80.1.70