Skin Tone Matters: Racial Microaggressions and Delayed Prenatal Care.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Literature posits that discrimination can be a barrier to racial and ethnic minorities' healthcare use. This study examines the relationship between perceived discrimination in the form of racial microaggressions and delayed prenatal care in African American women. It also investigates whether this relationship is modified by women's shade of skin color owing to societal attitudes and beliefs tied to colorism (also known as skin-tone bias).

Methods

Data were collected from a cohort of 1,410 black, African American women in metropolitan Detroit, Michigan, enrolled in 2009-2011 (analyzed between August 2017 and July 2018). Perceived racial microaggressions were assessed using the 20-item Daily Life Experiences of Racism and Bother scale. Logistic regression modele

SUBMITTER: Slaughter-Acey JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6702105 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature