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

Howard Cabral | Zendy; Lise E. Fried | Zendy; S. Levenson | Zendy; Hortensia Amaro | Zendy; Barry Zuckerman | Zendy

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

Author(s) -

Howard Cabral,

Lise E. Fried,

S. Levenson,

Hortensia Amaro,

Barry Zuckerman

Publication year - 1990

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.80.1.70

Subject(s) - foreign born , ethnic group , medicine , pregnancy , prenatal care , demography , black women , homogeneous , obstetrics , environmental health , population , gender studies , physics , sociology , biology , anthropology , genetics , thermodynamics

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.

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