Files and links (1)
Published, Version of Record (VoR)Open Access (License Unspecified), Open
Journal article
Variations in health and health behaviors by nativity among pregnant Black women in Philadelphia
American journal of public health (1971), v 100(11), pp 2185-2192
Nov 2010
PMCID: PMC2951943
PMID: 20864725
Featured in Collection : UN Sustainable Development Goals @ Drexel
Abstract
We compared health behaviors and health outcomes among US-born, African-born, and Caribbean-born pregnant Black women and examined whether sociodemographic and psychosocial characteristics explained differences among these population subgroups.
We analyzed data from a prospective cohort study conducted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with a series of nested logistic regression models predicting tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana use and measures of physical and mental health.
Foreign-born Black women were significantly less likely to engage in substance use and had better self-rated physical and mental health than did native-born Black women. These findings were largely unchanged by adjustment for sociodemographic and psychosocial characteristics. The foreign-born advantage varied by place of birth: it was somewhat stronger for African-born women than for Caribbean-born women.
Further studies are needed to gain a better understanding of the role of immigrant selectivity and other characteristics that contribute to more favorable health behaviors and health outcomes among foreign-born Blacks than among native-born Blacks in the United States.
Metrics
Details
- Title
- Variations in health and health behaviors by nativity among pregnant Black women in Philadelphia
- Creators
- Irma T Elo - University of PennsylvaniaJennifer F Culhane
- Publication Details
- American journal of public health (1971), v 100(11), pp 2185-2192
- Grant note
- R24 HD044964-07 / NICHD NIH HHS CDC/ATPM TS-282 14/14 / ATSDR CDC HHS R24HD044964 / NICHD NIH HHS P2C HD044964 / NICHD NIH HHS CDC/ATPM TS-0626 / ATSDR CDC HHS R24 HD044964 / NICHD NIH HHS
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000283807600039
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-77958186402
- Other Identifier
- 991019339699404721
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
This publication has contributed to the advancement of the following goals:
InCites Highlights
Data related to this publication, from InCites Benchmarking & Analytics tool:
- Collaboration types
- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health